<div dir="auto">As far as I can remember the back of the cam bore is sealed by the engine backplate and its associated gasket. <div dir="auto">No "cap".</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">M</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed., Jan. 5, 2022, 12:36 p.m. Bob Spidell, <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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If you pull your gearbox, also check the seal on the gearbox input
shaft. It goes to the same place engine oil does.<br>
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<div>On 1/5/2022 6:28 AM, <a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rfbegani@gmail.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I
know there have been discussions on oil leak from the rear
of the engine. However, in reading through the archives I
found this inquiry:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#eeeeee"><span>When I rebuilt my AH3000 engine, I
fitted an after market rear seal. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#eeeeee"><span>Unfortunately after I buttoned
everything up and started the engine I <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#eeeeee"><span>discovered a troublesome oil leak.
So out came the gearbox, the clutch <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#eeeeee"><span>flywheel and the engine back plate.
Upon careful examination of the <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#eeeeee"><span>rear seal, I can find absolutely no
leak. However, there is oil weeping <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#eeeeee"><span>from the bearing cap that holds the
cam in place.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#eeeeee"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#eeeeee"><span>Is this normal? Can the bearing be
replaced with the engine in the car? <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#eeeeee"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#eeeeee"><span>Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#eeeeee"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#eeeeee"><span>Larry Swift<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There
were no responses to the inquiry. So can the cap that holds
the cam in place be removed while the engine is in the car.
Could the cap be sealed from the outside with todays
technology of sealants? Also, according to the external
engine diagrams in the moss catalog it does not show the
back of the engine or the cap. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Looking
for answers to my continued oil leak problems.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bob
Begani<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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