Re: Weeping 3B oil Pan Gasket

[DeWitt Harrison <de@aztek-eng.com>]

On Mon, 12 Apr 1999 08:11:34 -0400, Peter Schulz wrote:

>Finally found the source of the slow oil leak on the 200 TQW...
>
>When the engine is hot, oil weeps out of the pan gasket near the front
>of the pan, by the oil filter, just where the pan extension starts.
>I tried loosening and retightening the allen bolts, to no avail.
>[ ... ]
>So now that I finally have the TQW almost all buttoned up, with a 
>new H20 pump, TB, idler, belts, thermostat, rebuilt alternator, starter,
>[ ... ]

The secret may be to properly tighten the alternator support
bracket bolts. There is one of these, low in front, which is hard to
see (out of sight, out of mind) and which will definitely produce
an oil leak near the location you described.

DeWitt Harrison
Boulder, CO
88 5kcstq