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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><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:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>When I rebuilt my AH3000 engine, I fitted an after market rear seal. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Unfortunately after I buttoned everything up and started the engine I <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>discovered a troublesome oil leak. So out came the gearbox, the clutch <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>flywheel and the engine back plate. Upon careful examination of the <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>rear seal, I can find absolutely no leak. However, there is oil weeping <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>from the bearing cap that holds the cam in place.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Is this normal? Can the bearing be replaced with the engine in the car? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Larry Swift<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Bob Begani<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>