Fastest way to find the source is to clean off the area with brake clean
and let it flash off and dry out.
Spray the area with a white talc, preferably an aerosol or just use baby
powder.
Start the engine and immediately look for the start of the wet spot.
This is an easy fast way to trace your leaks and cheaper than a black
light and leak check fluid.
Glenn
On 3/10/2012 10:36 AM, Bobby Whitehead wrote:
> After my wonderful weekend at TWS my little GT6 was showing more of the
> "marking
> of the territory" than I really liked... the source, I thought was coming from
> the ARE replacement front engine cover... someone in the re-assembly process
> (not me) had stripped out one of the mounting holes, even tapping a larger
> bolt
> to attach the timing cover. It's a short bolt that holds the timing cover
> only,
> not meant to attach to the block. Fortunately I had a spare and even though I
> didn't want to pull the timing cover and timing chain off, I methodically
> removed and carefully marked the timing chain to the crank. I used the flimsy
> thin paper gasket between the front of the block and the engine cover. I did
> not
> slather it with gasket material. After the fact I noticed I have some thicker
> gaskets, almost 3 times as thick. Re-assembled and thank goodness I didn't
> screw
> up the timing, but now I have more oil leaking from the front of the engine.
> It's either my flimsy seal or the oil pan is leaking up front. Sleepless
> nights
> realizing if the oil pan is leaking I have to pull the whole
> engine/transmission
> to get the oil pan off or try the thicker engine to engine cover gasket...
> thoughts? Bobby Whitehead
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