Oil slick... and i'm not Spyhunter
03-18-2004, 03:23 PM
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Oil slick... and i'm not Spyhunter
This is ------- frustrating, turbo is running great; has been for about a week now.
I have oil EVERYWHERE. It was just a few drips after I installed the kit, and progressively got worse. I think it may be a combination of the oil pan gasket and the tee for the oil feed off the back of the block. Sucks. My cheap ford probe bov is fluttering too.
Go figure.
Has anyone had luck with using a factory oil pan gasket with gasket sealing material? And, if I seriously fucked up the threads on my block for the oil line, will jbweld work (this engine is basically disposable to me at this point--d15b7)?
I have oil EVERYWHERE. It was just a few drips after I installed the kit, and progressively got worse. I think it may be a combination of the oil pan gasket and the tee for the oil feed off the back of the block. Sucks. My cheap ford probe bov is fluttering too.
Go figure.Has anyone had luck with using a factory oil pan gasket with gasket sealing material? And, if I seriously fucked up the threads on my block for the oil line, will jbweld work (this engine is basically disposable to me at this point--d15b7)?
03-18-2004, 03:53 PM
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Re:Oil slick... and i'm not Spyhunter
agreed, we cant tell you were its leaking because we cant see it. Thats like saying.. "how many fingers am I holding up"
Do as hotrex says, clean her down real good.. Douche it with brake clean, then let it idle to see where its coming from. I use factory oil pan gaskets with a little rtv love on both sides (not alot but some) And dont tighten the oil pan bolts down alot, lots of people overtighten the bolts and it makes the oil pan gasket squeesh out.
As far as the block threads, lets hope you didnt ---- them up, you could run a 1/8th bspt tap through and make sure its ok. (use greese on the tap) and hopefully its ok. Even though NPT fittings and BSPT fittings are tapered I always use a little Teflon tape or silicone on those fittings just to be safe.
Jeff
Do as hotrex says, clean her down real good.. Douche it with brake clean, then let it idle to see where its coming from. I use factory oil pan gaskets with a little rtv love on both sides (not alot but some) And dont tighten the oil pan bolts down alot, lots of people overtighten the bolts and it makes the oil pan gasket squeesh out.
As far as the block threads, lets hope you didnt ---- them up, you could run a 1/8th bspt tap through and make sure its ok. (use greese on the tap) and hopefully its ok. Even though NPT fittings and BSPT fittings are tapered I always use a little Teflon tape or silicone on those fittings just to be safe.
Jeff
03-20-2004, 06:16 PM
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Re:Oil slick... and i'm not Spyhunter
Okay,
today I take the oil pan off and unhook the oil feed line. I degrease the ---- off of the oil pan, used a wire wheel on a drill to clean up the edge of any misc. gasket residue, put a new pan gasket on with a little rtv high temp on both sides of the gasket. I also notice that the connection between the oil line "t" and the block was totally dry, so that seemed okay. But the connection between the oil pressure sensor and the "t" had some oil residue in there, so I unscrewed it and cleaned off the threads, put some teflon tape on, and screwed it back in tight. The "t" outlet going to the turbo oil line... I dunno about that one... it looked and felt totally dry but that could be the culprit because after starting the car, it looked fine, but after driving around the block, it was dripping again. Damnit. Not a little drip either, I mean POOLS of oil. A good sized drip per second. I guess I really don't have a point i'm just venting.
Oh yeah, it's definately the oil line, not the pan.
today I take the oil pan off and unhook the oil feed line. I degrease the ---- off of the oil pan, used a wire wheel on a drill to clean up the edge of any misc. gasket residue, put a new pan gasket on with a little rtv high temp on both sides of the gasket. I also notice that the connection between the oil line "t" and the block was totally dry, so that seemed okay. But the connection between the oil pressure sensor and the "t" had some oil residue in there, so I unscrewed it and cleaned off the threads, put some teflon tape on, and screwed it back in tight. The "t" outlet going to the turbo oil line... I dunno about that one... it looked and felt totally dry but that could be the culprit because after starting the car, it looked fine, but after driving around the block, it was dripping again. Damnit. Not a little drip either, I mean POOLS of oil. A good sized drip per second. I guess I really don't have a point i'm just venting.
Oh yeah, it's definately the oil line, not the pan.
03-28-2004, 07:15 PM
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Re:Oil slick... and i'm not Spyhunter
No leaks today,
for any of you who purchased Stealth's oil line kit for their car, prior to install, make sure the little black plug on the other side of the "t" is screwed in tight. I didn't even check it before I installed. My bad. Leak fixed.
for any of you who purchased Stealth's oil line kit for their car, prior to install, make sure the little black plug on the other side of the "t" is screwed in tight. I didn't even check it before I installed. My bad. Leak fixed.
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