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> Bad oil leak... DE in 2 weeks, Please HELP!!
yarin
post Jun 12 2005, 11:20 AM
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I bought this car a month and a half ago, as a race car with 2 engines, 2 trannies, 2 exhausts, etc etc. I swapped in the "good race" motor being told it was just rebuilt, case split, heads done, dynoed, ready to go. So I finally get everything hooked up, start it up, timing is perfect, but it drips oil. The pushrod seals look ok, its not the drain plug, bottom sump area, the other plate.

The leak is coming from higher up. The cooling fins on the cylinders are wet. Most of the drip is from the drivers side of the engine. There is drip on the shift bar, random spots on the oil pan, and a few other places.

I have a drivers ed event at limerock with Jersey PCA and haven't gotten the car inspected yet. I have till tuesday to cancel. I don't have time to drop the engine again and tear it apart. Do I cancel? You can see how bad the leak is in the last picture, moving slowly backing out of the garage, then back and forth a few times.

Please advise. Thanks

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post Jun 12 2005, 11:22 AM
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As you can see the cooling fins on the cylinders are wet. So it can't be the pushrod seals. What do you guys think?

I just wiped the drips, put down clean paper towel under the car and ran the car for about 5 minutes with the rear jacked up. I saw about 4-5 different spots on it. A little bit of smoke off an exhaust header. The biggest drip seems to be from the drivers side, in between the two sets of pushrods, coming off the cooling tin. That drips down onto the shift bar.

The engine didn't drip much of anything until i started it up and warmed it up.

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