[Spridgets] Oil leak - crankcase ventilation?

[Jon Paschke]

Try the easy things first, redo the oil pan gaskets. Most people don't 
really know how to do the oil pan rear main gasket and there is where it 
always leaks. I'd bet a beer that's what is wrong.
Jon

On 1/24/2013 8:32 PM, Ron Soave wrote:
> If it is leaking that badly and when parked as you say, all the PCV in the
> world won't fix it. The rear "seal" needs to be addressed. The very best thing
> to do is to verify crankshaft straightness, get it align honed and do Paul A's
> rear seal kit on it (check the archives or I can dig out instructions). This
> setup has worked for 7(!) years for me on a very high compression engine that
> only has ambient venting, not positive venting. Doing Paul's kit alone may do
> it, but while you're in there...
>   
> Ron Soave
> Roscoe, IL
>
>
> "It only goes one
> way."
> "Pay it forward."
>
>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Matt
> Hendricksen <seaward25 at gmail.com>
>> To: Rick Fisk <refisk at chartermi.net>
>> Cc:
> "spridgets at autox.team.net" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Thursday,
> January 24, 2013 4:45 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Oil leak - crankcase
> ventilation?
>> Can you tell in these pictures?  I can take a better look
> otherwise.
>> http://bit.ly/11UMLTG
>> http://bit.ly/10UQCB6
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan
> 24, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Rick Fisk <refisk at chartermi.net> wrote:
>>> If oil is
> leaking from the rear main the PCV valve is probably plumbed
>>> incorrectly or
> the valve itself is bad.  How is the valve plumbing routed?
>>> Sent from my
> keyboard
>>> On Jan 24, 2013, at 4:18 PM, Matt Hendricksen
> <seaward25 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I've got a fairly bad oil leak while
> driving down the road.  It's bad
>>>> enough that I have oil seeping in
> through the seams in front of the seats
>>>> (which is why I haven't installed
> carpet yet.)  When I park on an
>>> incline,
>>>> I'll get a several foot wide
> puddle running out of the transmission
>>>> tunnel.  The engine otherwise
> seems to run well, with minimal smoke at
>>> the
>>>> tailpipe, smooth idle and
> power delivery.  It doesn't seem to leak when
>>> the
>>>> car is not running.
> Looks to be coming out the rear main seal area.
>>>> My understanding is
> that I have a 1098 block with a 1275 head.  It still
>>>> has the dual SU
> carbs and pancake pcv valve.  The PO is the one that
>>> built
>>>> it, but
> sold it to me as an unfinished project a number of years ago
>>>> without
> putting any real miles on it, so rebuild quality is an unknown.
>>>> I've
> since worked on pretty much every part of the car except the engine,
>>>> so
> I'm a bit of a newbie on what to look for.
>>>> Could it be incorrect
> crankcase ventilation?  How would I go about
>>>> diagnosing such a thing?
>>>> Many thanks
>>>> Matt
>>>> '65 Sprite MkIII
>>>>
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