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2.2 aries 1989

I just put in a new oil pan gasket on a 1989 2.2 aries, because something around the front of the engine was throwing oil. I just assumed it to be the pan gasket, becauese the guy that just put the engine back together after replacing a piston, died and I acquired the job., had the new gasket siliconed and it looked like it was pretty close to blown out in several spots. I got a new Fel Pro pan gasket and installed it dry and it went back together nice. However, I started the engine back up and it is still throwing oil up onto the belts. The cam belt is oil wet on the outside of the belt and the power steering belt is wet on the inside of the belt. I took the air conditioner compressor and the alternator mounting bracket off and started it. You can see it dripping oil at the bottom of the u gasket on the front of the engine. But I can't see if it is coming from the new gasket I put on or above, say like the crankshaft seal.

I hate to take the pan back off and have it still leak when I put it back. Where else can it be leaking?????????? I haven't got a book but I'm capable of taking the harmonic balance off. Where do you think the oil is coming from???

Reply to
w00189wr
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Sounds a lot like one of the front seals has gone.

Go get a factory service manual. They're not expensive and they're very necessary.

Reply to
Daniel J. Stern

The front main seal most likely.

Matt

Reply to
Matt Whiting

Could the oil filter be loose or cut? That happened to me once. Even a tiny hole will shoot oil out like you wouldn't believe.

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Dave Gower

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maxpower

OK, smart ass - tell the world how you detect a radioactive isotope with a black light? By black light do you mean one with a burned out light bulb?

Just w> The scientific method for finding oil leaks is to salt the oil with

Reply to
Ken Pisichko

It pains me to have to say this, but if you put enough radium in your oil that might actually work. ISTR Studebaker and someone else (Ford?) actually using a radium-based paint for the numbers on their gauge faces, and the gauges were backlit by bulbs with dark, dark purple filters. Was something of a selling point apparently, as I'm sure it looked cool as heck. Kind of difficult to restore after all the "juice" has gone out of the paint (and/or the numerals have all come off the glass and are falling down to the bottom of the instruments) however.

I'm sure he was thinking of a fluorescent dye, however.

nate

Ken Pisichko wrote:

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Nate Nagel

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