63 Dodge Dart, now let me see;)
Hi, I only have two more things to take care of, this is after I have ran the engine for a decent length of time, but will continue to do so periodically.
1> There is an oil leak coming from the rear main/pan area, not a steady drip, but after a several minutes of running will accumulate a drop about every few minutes, but not amounting to a puddle, any leak is unacceptable, ok, maybe a drop. Using a good light and my borescope, looks like it may be coming from one of the rear seal retainer bolts on the passenger side. I did re-tighten the pan bolts, but didn't do anything. To get to the rear seal retainer bolts, I have to remove the pan, granted that it's not the rear main seal itself.
2> after the engine had ran for a lengthy time, I moved the engine to another part of the shop, and noticed 3 trails of green(antifreeze) coming from three casting/ freeze plugs, but not dripping onto the ground~ yet. I know it's not from the studs in the head as I fixed that. With the engine stone cold, I put my radiator pressure tester on, pumped it up and it holds steady and no "leaks" came about, there or anywhere. The machine shop installed the casting plugs and didn't hit me until now, I didn't see any sealer from that installation. You guys know what I have to do if I were to replace them:( Re-remove the intake/exh, ruin another expensive gasket. Or just keep running it often to see if they will seal up?
I'm "lucky" enough that If I were to fix the above things, I could put the engine back on the engine stand, however, will run it often as I said before I go that far.
dne' ;)
These are earlier pictures, just wanted you to know I didn't take the engine apart :lol:
Hi, I only have two more things to take care of, this is after I have ran the engine for a decent length of time, but will continue to do so periodically.
1> There is an oil leak coming from the rear main/pan area, not a steady drip, but after a several minutes of running will accumulate a drop about every few minutes, but not amounting to a puddle, any leak is unacceptable, ok, maybe a drop. Using a good light and my borescope, looks like it may be coming from one of the rear seal retainer bolts on the passenger side. I did re-tighten the pan bolts, but didn't do anything. To get to the rear seal retainer bolts, I have to remove the pan, granted that it's not the rear main seal itself.
2> after the engine had ran for a lengthy time, I moved the engine to another part of the shop, and noticed 3 trails of green(antifreeze) coming from three casting/ freeze plugs, but not dripping onto the ground~ yet. I know it's not from the studs in the head as I fixed that. With the engine stone cold, I put my radiator pressure tester on, pumped it up and it holds steady and no "leaks" came about, there or anywhere. The machine shop installed the casting plugs and didn't hit me until now, I didn't see any sealer from that installation. You guys know what I have to do if I were to replace them:( Re-remove the intake/exh, ruin another expensive gasket. Or just keep running it often to see if they will seal up?
I'm "lucky" enough that If I were to fix the above things, I could put the engine back on the engine stand, however, will run it often as I said before I go that far.
dne' ;)
These are earlier pictures, just wanted you to know I didn't take the engine apart :lol: