You may do this already but just in case -
Some of you know my 1275 in the Bugeye - it is
essentially leak-free, and I always attributed that to
careful maching and surface prep when I built the
motor. My racecar basically seems to be just the
opposite, oozing from every pore. It is also a fairly
well used motor with maybe a season left in it if I'm
lucky. Tonight I went through the motor and changed a
few gaskets, and I still leaked quite a bit. Then I
decided to do something radical - I followed the
Haynes book , and tightened all the bolts I could to
proper torque specs. I figured it couldn't hurt to
equally compress all surfaces around a gasket or seal.
It definitely seemed to help quite a bit. Try it -
YMMV, but it can't hurt.
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Ron Soave
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