put nice freshly painted yellow sump (for extra performance - with new seal back on and low and behold there's still an oil leak so it must be the rear main bearing seal OR the alloy plate holding the main seal - faaaargh!
Is there a seal for this plate or does one just use aviation sealant?
Is it a simple matter of unbolting it taking the main seal off repacing it and putting it back? What's the torque for the bolts?
Can anyone scan an exploded diagram from the engine manual and post it too me?
BUT worse still is a knock sounding like the crank is hitting the sump. The new seal is'nt thinner than what came off so I'm stumped. Didn't tighten the bolts too much (what's the torque for these - they are 'hand' tight. The baffle did foul the oil pick-up when I first tried to get the sump off without lifting the engine high enough and was a little raised on one edge (maybe a mm or 2). Didn't think much of it at the time.
Anyway the whole shebang has to come apart again.
Moral of the story - if you replace a clutch (which I did a year ago) do the rear engine seal as a matter of course.
BTW used Altawood brand engine enamel and baked with oven door half open & sump longways across oven door. The result was a bit brittle. Funny when you bake enamel it goes soft and evens out first then goes hard. Noticed also when spraying onto hot surface it spreads out fast to good effect. Overall this brand or technique results in a too brittle coat.
Don't ya just hate leaks!!!!
Also noticed the stearing box is leaking - is the bottom seal for this replaceable?
Wed, 05 March 2003 12:53
- with new seal back on and low and behold there's still an oil leak so it must be the rear main bearing seal OR the alloy plate holding the main seal - faaaargh!
