[gtorich]

Originally Posted by NeighborsComplaint

Those 2 small drips? Hardly anything to get excited about. If it was a rear main, it would drip straight down on the centerline of the crankshfft and along the oil pan rails wiyh drips at the bolt locations.

It looks to me like the rear main cap was not set in silicone or the silicone bead wasn't carried all the way to the edge of the cap.

Think i got some pics mixed up, check out post 20, thats a little more than the two small drops i had posted.......this was driving the car never going over 3 grand on shifts, if i got into the high 5 grand, it was worse, got the motor out now and hoping to find out what is going on with this thing.

Rich

[NeighborsComplaint]

Originally Posted by gtorich

Think i got some pics mixed up, check out post 20, thats a little more than the two small drops i had posted.......this was driving the car never going over 3 grand on shifts, if i got into the high 5 grand, it was worse, got the motor out now and hoping to find out what is going on with this thing.

Rich

Yeah, that’s an RMS leak, traveling right down the pan rails. I used the BOP one piece oil pan gasket but not their RMS. I tried a 2 piece and it was a leaker despite putting serrations in the seal groove, filling the anti-rotation holes and setting the block -half first followed by the cap-half, trimming for an interference fit, etc. leaked after 15 minutes of running. The BOP gasket was installed just like the multi piece with silicone sealant at the corners and under the rear pan seal. Trick is to degrease the gasket from whatever they use as a mold release so the silicone sticks.