On one engine last year I had a front cover that pushed two seals forward
and out despite having been installed with silicon and left 48 hours to
cure. Because I wanted to save the cover (it had a boss for a cam driven
tach drive and a special timing pointer for the engines' crank pulley) I
finally made up some "seal retainers" which I riveted to the cover locking
the seal in place. They've worked just fine.
Myles Winbigler
-----Original Message-----
From DLancer7676 at cs.com <DLancer7676@cs.com>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 8:47 PM
Subject: Oil Gush!!!
>Back again!!! After resolving (I think) the flywheel problem, I am tooling
>right along, muffler crackling, engine humming (somewhat), and about 4
miles
>from home I look in my rear view mirror. ARGH!!! SMOKE!!! Tons and
tons
>of smoke laying behind me like a morning fog. It's coming from ME because
it
>isnt in front of me--its behind me!!!
>
>Pull over and check the tailpipe--nothing coming out of there--its coming
>from UNDER the car! Kneel down on all 4, peek under the car--OIL is
POURING
>out!!!! Sh*t!!! Check oil with stick--1 quart low--check oil pressure
>light--it is off--oil pressure still OK. Hop in and drive home--park the
>Midget and put paper under the engine to catch the runs. Checking the
>engine, I can see that the entire front of the oil pan is soaked with oil.
>Either the oil pan seal has blown in front or the front crank seal must be
>toast. I won't have time to look at it until next week, but ain't life
>interesting when you keep hopping suddenly from one problem to another?
>Makes me wonder if this is tied somehow to the first problem (the
flywheel).
>
>--Oh well!! Here I go again!! Any ideas will be appreciated. Thanks for
>listening!!
>
>--David C.
>
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