Uh, maybe it was cork? Can't remember now but putting it on the engine instead of the pan seems to work.
--- On Thu, 10/16/08, luke_the_drifter52 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: luke_the_drifter52 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [old-chevy-truck] Re: Oil leak driving me crazy To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 12:25 AM Thanks Ken. Where did you find the rubber gasket? All the parts that came with mine were cork. John --- In old-chevy-truck@ yahoogroups. com, Kenneth Cluley <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ..> wrote: > > John > > If it's the pan, I had some experience exactly like yours and could not seem to get it fixed. The front piece of the gasket set was the culpret as it never seem to seat properly and it would always leak. I finally decided to attach the curved rubber gasket to the front bearing cap instead of putting it on the pan. I used some adhesive to securely fasten it to the proper place on the bearing cap and then placed a dab of sealer at where the long cork gasket meets the rubber gasket. It has not leaked since. > > Ken > > --- On Wed, 10/15/08, luke_the_drifter52 <JLKINSER1970@ ...> wrote: > > From: luke_the_drifter52 <JLKINSER1970@ ...> > Subject: [old-chevy-truck] Oil leak driving me crazy > To: old-chevy-truck@ yahoogroups. com > Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 10:25 PM > > > > > > > Hey all, I have a question to a problem that is running me crazy. > Last spring when I had troubles with my 216 head locking up, I found > out that a valve was stuck and I had to take it off and to the > machince shop. I figured while she was down, I would fix some age old > leaks. I thought at the time the front timing cover was leaking. So, > I took off the oil pan so I could remove the screws that holds the > front cover on.Installed a new timing cover gasket, crank seal in the > front of the timing cover pan, and oil pan gasket. Started it up and > no leak until you rev up the engine: Then it leaks. My friend and I > took a close look and figured the oil pan did not seal at the front > lip because it looked like it was leaking from that direction. We > took off the pan, I bought a new gasket, we replaced it and it still > leaks. The first time I used blue RTV seal on the cork gasket. The > second time I used the spray adhesive on the gasket and the RTV only > in the joints where the side gasket meets the front and rear pan > gasket seals. I figured maybe the first time the gasket slid on the > blue RTV and the spray would be better. What we don't know now is it > still the oil pan leaking or if the leak is coming from behind the > front plate that holds the timing cover. So here is what I need to > know: > > 1) If it is the pan leaking, does any one sale a one piece oil pan > gasket? If not, what are the tricks to keep the pan from leaking. > Note, I cleaned the bottom part of the engine and the pan of all the > old gasket compound before installing the new gasket. > > 2) If it is the front plate, do I have to remove the cam and crank to > get the plate off due to the gears are pressed on or can I safely > pull the gears off and put them back on with out damage. I tried to > pull the gears off of my 235 motor that I am rebuilding with a puller > and they would not budge. I actually bent the main screw part of the > puller. I was told by the fellow at my local machune shop that the > gears are pressed on and there is no way I could remove them in my > garage and put them on again without damage and I would be better off > if a machine shop did it. > > Sorry for the long post and misspelled words and grammer errors. Any > replies and help is appreciated! > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
