[V8] the endless, ongoing saga of my (oil) leaking V8....and update

[Roger M. Woodbury]

I surely hope so.  And next will be the search for the mysterious humming
sound that comes and goes from the 20Valve Avant....THAT I'll just wait for
something to fail, though.

R


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Coleman, David" <David.Coleman at blackrock.com>
To: "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at downeast.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:08 AM
Subject: RE: [V8] the endless, ongoing saga of my (oil) leaking V8....and
update


> By the way Roger, may the 4-ringed Force be with you on finally getting
this resolved!!
>
> -DC-
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: v8-bounces at audifans.com
> > [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf
> > Of Roger M. Woodbury
> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:00 AM
> > To: v8newlist
> > Subject: [V8] the endless, ongoing saga of my (oil) leaking V8....and
> > update
> >
> >
> > Well, I had yet another visitation with my V8 yesterday late in the
> > afternoon.  The news appears to be good.  Better than good, actually.
> >
> > For those of you who have suffered through this endless agony
> > of the search
> > for a simple oil leak, that has turned into a major subsystem
> > and timing
> > belt overhaul, I can cheerfully report that the end may be in
> > sight, and the
> > light at the end of the tunnel might actually NOT be a locomotive.
> >
> > After getting every thing back together, and finding still,
> > that the oil was
> > leaking from somewhere in the front of the right side
> > cylinder head, the
> > only remaining test that could be done, was to run the engine
> > up to full oil
> > pressure, and watch for a leak using a dye that would show,
> > ultimately where
> > the leak was coming from.  The fear was that the cylinder
> > head had a rough
> > place in the casting that had finally let go, OR that the
> > head had been off
> > at some point prior to my owning the car, and the head had
> > been reinstalled
> > without properly cleaning out the stud holes creating a
> > hydrolock that had
> > cracked the block over time and mileage.
> >
> > Neither of those terrible (terminal) things appear to be the
> > situation.  The
> > oil is still leaking, but appears to be coming from a
> > different place than
> > before.
> >
> > So, it seems that the original oil leak had come from a head
> > gasket that had
> > given up...we could see a place where the seal on the head
> > gasket seemed to
> > be very thin and weak, perhaps from manufacture of the gasket.
> >
> > And this new, lesser leak?  Well, what the wrench was going
> > to do, was to
> > button it all up, without the front camshaft timing belt
> > covers in place,
> > and run the engine again.  He (we) suspect that the newly
> > installed right
> > side camshaft seal is defective, OR perhaps was improperly
> > installed.  It
> > seems that the leak may be from that point, because when the
> > wrench took off
> > the front cover there was some oil inside, as well as leaking
> > around the
> > back of the cover.  Everything else....head, block, etc, was bone dry.
> >
> > Right now, I am optimistic.  I may have my car back, complete
> > with new Euros
> > soon....and since the engine will be to all intents and
> > purposes, completely
> > resealed, with new hydraulic pump, new waterpump, new timing
> > belt and a
> > partridge in a pear tree...all NEW, NEW, NEW....what a fine,
> > sweet running
> > car she will be!
> >
> > Roger
> >
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