[Fot] GT6'rs

[Brian Schirano]

Thanks everyone so far, my thoughts and tentative plans:   
   - weld another bung on the valve cover for venting, was a suspect problem
   - leak down, good idea, motor build isn't that old, but never know
   - bell housing clearance, that's a SOB when I R&R the engine to begin with. if I do a lift I will remove the throttle linkage, that will give me at last a little room. I think I have a cable linkage in a box of spares that I have been wanting to install.
   - pan dimpling, that pan just went on a year ago and I angle ground dressed it, so should have been pretty good.
   - sealing block, agreed, next time that motor is out it get's a steel one. 
Thanks guysBrian


26A GT6+, 28 TR6Brian Schirano
585-305-0349 Cell 
BSchirano at yahoo.com 

    On Sunday, January 21, 2018, 6:50:02 PM GMT+1, Larry Young <cartravel at yahoo.com> wrote:  
 
 I have found that leaks are often caused by a PO-gorilla has over tightened and made a dimple at the holes. You can see this clearly with a belt sander. I hammer the dimples down until the belt sander contacts everywhere. This applies to front covers and pans. - Larry

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On Jan 21, 2018, at 10:23 AM, Scott Janzen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:



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.


On Jan 21, 2018, at 8:55 AM, Brian Schirano via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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
ThanksBrian
26A GT6+, 28 TR6Brian Schirano
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