David,
Overfilling that little would make no difference as far as the leak. The
most likely possibility is that the oil thrower was not replaced behind the
seal. It's like a large washer on the end of the crank. It also goes on in
one direction, usually indicated by a stamped "F" (for front). If it was
reversed it would probaly be noisey, but would still not leak. The other
possibility is that the seal was torn or not seated completely when
installed.
Gerard
At 11:36 AM -0700 7/11/01, David Brackman wrote:
>Finally fired up my expensive "pro" built 1275 last night, what a
>thrill! However that thrill was quickly diminished by a rather large
>flow of nice new oil running all over my garage floor, coming from the
>front seal on the timing cover! Now I did slightly overfill the oil
>capacity by mayby 1/4 of a quart, and I have heard that overfilling can
>blow out seals. Anyone with this experience? or should I blame the
>builder?
>
>Cheers!
>
>David
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