At 03:39 PM 5/23/99 -0400, you wrote:
...There is oil coming out of the interface between the front of
>the bellhousing and the cover plate between it and the engine. ... I wanted
to see if anyone knew of a possible source>for the leak, other than the
rear main seal, that could get oil into the
>bellhousing.
>
>Thanks in advance for the help.
>
>Jim
In order of increasing pain:
1. loose pipe plug that is in rear top of block
behind the intake manafold.
2. Valve cover leak at rear
3. Leaking at the rear of the intake manafold
to block.
4. Defective main seal,
5. Failure to put RTV on the inner edges of the rear main cap.
6. Loose pipe plugs from a couple of oil passages that extend to
the rear of the block.
7. Leaking camshaft rear "freeze plug".
8. Bad machining of crankshaft.
9. Cracked crankshaft at rear.
10. Cracked block.
Hope it is #1 or #2.
James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
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