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I just rebuilt the motor in my daily driver T and noticed a strange oil leak. I have drove the car 20 miles now and noticed a drop of oil under the car. It is dripping from the deck above the starter heat shield.
This is what is strange. The valve covers are not leaking. I can see all around them. So I thought it may be the back of the intake where the intake meets the head. I is dry as a bone. I have built over eight of these motors and never had an oil leak. My GN motor has been together for eight years now and no leak. I am baffled over this leak. It looks like the oil is weeping from the head and deck of the block at the corner of the block. I know there is not oil around this area. I thought there may be some porosity in the block behind the bolt hole where the heat shield bolts above the starter. It is dry and OK. I decked the heads and the block as always when building a motor.
There is no oil leaking down the back of the heads or block every thing is dry except for the one small area. I have looked under the car while it is running and the oil will not start leaking until the car is driven. This means this is a windage problem. Anyone ever ran into this problem before?
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86 GN 11.0's
87 T Daily driver
87 T Drag Car under
construction
[This message has been edited by Chris Taylor (edited April 21, 2002).]
This is what is strange. The valve covers are not leaking. I can see all around them. So I thought it may be the back of the intake where the intake meets the head. I is dry as a bone. I have built over eight of these motors and never had an oil leak. My GN motor has been together for eight years now and no leak. I am baffled over this leak. It looks like the oil is weeping from the head and deck of the block at the corner of the block. I know there is not oil around this area. I thought there may be some porosity in the block behind the bolt hole where the heat shield bolts above the starter. It is dry and OK. I decked the heads and the block as always when building a motor.
There is no oil leaking down the back of the heads or block every thing is dry except for the one small area. I have looked under the car while it is running and the oil will not start leaking until the car is driven. This means this is a windage problem. Anyone ever ran into this problem before?
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86 GN 11.0's
87 T Daily driver
87 T Drag Car under
construction
[This message has been edited by Chris Taylor (edited April 21, 2002).]
