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From: vangoughv at hotmail.com (Vince G)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 00:58:12 +0000
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IMHO

Having Re & Re?d GT6 powertrain numerous times I?d say just pull it right out.  
To lift the engine a few inches to try and work on the pan you?ll have to have 
done 90% of the initial work required to just pull it right out anyway.  It 
will be very awkward to properly clean the mating surfaces without lifting the 
unit out and up where you can easily see and get at things.  You can also 
better inspect the rest of the bottom end etc. And deal with anything that is 
suspect.  Make sure it?s real clean and you use the best gasket material 
available and it shouldn?t leak.  Like Scott said check that front block.

I?m sure my engine is milder though, not much better than stock, balanced with 
a mild compression boost but I regularly rev it beyond 6000 RPM.  I have no 
blow by issues as yet.

Best of luck.

Vince


Hello again, Brian.  To add to my response to you earlier, Scott is right about 
the bellhousing clearance.  I have to check my notes, but I believe that when I 
lifted the engine, the tranny was out of the car, so I would not have had the 
clearance problem.  Perhaps if you did not want to get that far into the 
project, you could drop the pan enough to cut the gasket out and put a new one 
in and use some silicone gasket cement or similar to seal where you cut the new 
gasket. Not the best solution, but with that and venting as Scott mentions, it 
may be an easy fix to take care of the problem.



-----Original Message-----
Sent: Sun, Jan 21, 2018 12:09 pm
Subject: Re: [Fot] GT6'rs

I?ve never done it.  Certainly not without lifting the engine somewhat, and by 
the time you undo the water hoses, engine mounts, etc, you are halfway to 
pulling it.  If you try, you might want to look at how much of a gap there is 
between the top of the bellhousing and the firewall, as this could inhibit the 
lift.

Venting - I ended up with a 1? and a 1/2? hose on the valve cover and this 
cured most of the blow-by issues at the rear seal, etc.  The 1/2? hose was not 
enough, so now there are two.  Also tried a vent off the fuel pump mounting 
before the valve cover vents, but the pump cam slung so much oil in this 
direction that it didn?t work.

If you are getting oil leaks at the front, that fun sealing block may be the 
issue.




OK GT6 guys...

Question... is it possible to pull the pan and change my gasket without pulling 
the engine? Looks pretty tight and I expect the oil pump pick up snorkel will 
be the problem.
Is a partial lift possible to do this?

It looks like it's pushing oil out of the pan, it's definitely not the timing 
chain cover (that's what I thought last year and changed that).

2nd question, if it's pushing oil out the front of the pan (or anywhere from 
pan I suppose), I'm thinking I need more crankcase vent? and maybe get around 
this problem short term that way?

Let me know, making garage work plans/list of things to do, for when winter 
breaks early March

Thanks
Brian

26A GT6+, 28 TR6
Brian Schirano
585-305-0349 Cell
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