[V8] oil leaks and such

[Dag Bøsterud]

But what am I going to do when the heads are rebuilt, the engine block has 
done about 150-200 000 km and all gaskets has been replaced... and it still 
leaks?

Of course it could be a faulty gasket, but it would be strange that it would 
leak in the excact same manner as before..

/Dag
92 V8 4.2

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D Morralee" <superdaveski at hotmail.com>
To: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] oil leaks and such


>
>
> more points on cyl head oil leaks.
> my feeling is the early 4.2L V8 all have a tendency to leak from where the 
> cyl head meets the block at the driver or passenger side rear ( high 
> mileage 300km) . When taking the head off one of these engines you will 
> notice that the galleries are very close to the area that the oil is 
> leaking from . My 93 V8 4.2 had the same problem and was leaking from the 
> left rear .... hey has anyone ever said to you " hey your car is smoking 
> man " ha ah . One time I had my foot into it on hwy 401 going 170-180 kms 
> an hour trying to get passed this guy in a Mazda 6 and wholly s**t I 
> thought I'd blown the motor there was a smoke screen that even a Navy 
> couldn't of laid better in a beach an Invasion . Well when I got home I 
> did a little work- around to stop any oil dropping onto the headers .... I 
> built a little drip tray to go on top of the headers. What the drip tray 
> did was if any oil happen to leak out of the cylinder head it would hit 
> the tray and then drop onto the roadway. Then last year I took the heads 
> off and replaced the head gaskets and haven't had a problem since.
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