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That’s an interesting point, I’ll be sure to use some thread sealant! At first we thought a small leak WAS coming from the head, where it meets the block. We verified this was in fact the oil coming from behind the Exhaust cam sprocket, in which some ran off into the kitty-corner where the head and block meet, where I thought I saw that small leak. The oil from behind the Intake cam sprocket just runs all the way down inside the timing area filling up the very bottom of the timing cover until oil escapes through an orifice within the bottom cover. By then, the oil just runs all the way down the block and rains off the gearbox.
@ Everyone else,
One thing I also did forget to mention however, my buddy had just added the fresh oil the same day it leaked. He said the engine had no oil inside. But we were only able to fill about 2-1/2 quarts before we noticed it overfilled. No oil inside my right! So the oil was overfilled, just a little, and we were running the engine and oil rained out. (I was also performing a coolant flush of the radiator at this same time, so having the engine running was mandatory since I had to finish this job, which I flushed the rad three times with good ol’ distilled. Too bad I didn’t discover the oil leak BEFORE I began the rad flush). We kept checking the oil level after each warming up session with the rad flush process. The oil level only went down minimally after each session, and by the time I ran the engine the three times for each flush, the oil level was just below full. Lost at least a quart and a half. Also my genius buddy put 5W-30 inside when the manual says 10W-30, and from my understanding the capacity should be around four quarts.
Aside from all this little ingeniousness, I will check to see how the cams are sealed from this big ol’ valve cover. Because I can’t see with the sprockets bolted on. I’m not worried about messing up the timing on this thing either since I already had to manually crank it over and look where each cam was set originally, as well as rotate the sprockets 180 degrees before bolting them back on the cams.
I’ll have an update with more USEFUL information after this next weekend when I look at it some more. I will have pics as well. Thank you guys for already responding! Less than 24 hours! I’m impressed!
That’s an interesting point, I’ll be sure to use some thread sealant! At first we thought a small leak WAS coming from the head, where it meets the block. We verified this was in fact the oil coming from behind the Exhaust cam sprocket, in which some ran off into the kitty-corner where the head and block meet, where I thought I saw that small leak. The oil from behind the Intake cam sprocket just runs all the way down inside the timing area filling up the very bottom of the timing cover until oil escapes through an orifice within the bottom cover. By then, the oil just runs all the way down the block and rains off the gearbox.
@ Everyone else,
One thing I also did forget to mention however, my buddy had just added the fresh oil the same day it leaked. He said the engine had no oil inside. But we were only able to fill about 2-1/2 quarts before we noticed it overfilled. No oil inside my right! So the oil was overfilled, just a little, and we were running the engine and oil rained out. (I was also performing a coolant flush of the radiator at this same time, so having the engine running was mandatory since I had to finish this job, which I flushed the rad three times with good ol’ distilled. Too bad I didn’t discover the oil leak BEFORE I began the rad flush). We kept checking the oil level after each warming up session with the rad flush process. The oil level only went down minimally after each session, and by the time I ran the engine the three times for each flush, the oil level was just below full. Lost at least a quart and a half. Also my genius buddy put 5W-30 inside when the manual says 10W-30, and from my understanding the capacity should be around four quarts.
Aside from all this little ingeniousness, I will check to see how the cams are sealed from this big ol’ valve cover. Because I can’t see with the sprockets bolted on. I’m not worried about messing up the timing on this thing either since I already had to manually crank it over and look where each cam was set originally, as well as rotate the sprockets 180 degrees before bolting them back on the cams.
I’ll have an update with more USEFUL information after this next weekend when I look at it some more. I will have pics as well. Thank you guys for already responding! Less than 24 hours! I’m impressed!
Hey ETCG! I can get a pic over the weekend, since that’s the only time we have to work on it. This weekend I’ll have one for sure.