Joe, I'm not a corvair guy so I don't know if the cracks that you have are structurally significant. If they are not; you might try what we did on an old chevy years ago. It developed a crack in the block that let it leak out anti-freeze on the exhaust manifold. We cleaned it up real good and gobbed on some epoxy. That car ran for another 100,000 miles before we sold it with the ornage glob of epoxy still on the side of the block. Some times it's better to shade tree engineer a solution! First you need to decide if your problem is an oil leak or a cracked block?
Regards, Bob Lee N52BL KR2 Suwanee, GA 91% done only 65% to go! -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Joe H Horton Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 8:19 AM To: corvaircr...@mylist.net; kr...@mylist.net Subject: KR> Oil Leaks Well Guys. I have been chasing an oil leak in the front of my engine for a few weeks that seemed to be getting worse. I even dyed the oil and kept cleaning and running the engine to locate it. This morning I took the top cover off again thinking that the leak was in a scratch or something like that in the top cover area. What I found has me a little more than upset. There is a crack in the block as viewed from the pilots position in the front right inside corner. It is about 2" long at this time running vertical near the center line of the case. then another smaller one in the top 1/3 of the case and jumps back about an inch. They are not near the #5 cylinder sleeve but more favoring the actual front corner of the block. I did not look at it any further at the moment, I just know it ain't good and walked away. Joe Horton, Coopersburg, Pa. joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
