[FC] back to basics...oil drip

[Gary Swiatowy]

No plastic seal that I know of, not to say you couldn't add one.
But if you are leaking, odds are the threads are gone on either or both the 
pan and the plug.
NAPA and other auto parts stores sell an oversized drain plug that works OK 
for a few changes.
Keep an eye out for a pan with better threads..............

Gary Swiatowy
last time it happened to me I had to change the pan.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben's Bus" <bensbus at paonline.com>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 8:22 PM
Subject: [FC] back to basics...oil drip


> Hello all-
>
> This one takes us back to the basics. I had an oil change done on the 
> recently installed, mostly rebuilt engine in the van. When I got it back 
> from the shop (RP Corvairs, Mountville, PA), it had an oil dripping 
> problem. One place was one of the back corner oil pan bolts, and more 
> severely up at the drain plug bolt.
>
> I retorqued the back bolt. That one is good. I tightened the oil pan plug 
> as well. It is still leaking. A pretty good drip is created that will 
> leave a 2 inch puddle in one night. So, my question, which I think I 
> already have the answer to, is does the drain plug have a plastic seal on 
> it to keep it from leaking? Supposing that seal were bad, would it leak as 
> mine currently does?
>
> I know it is basic...and I do get my hands dirty with oil changes. The 
> reason RP Corvair did this one was that the van was in for a 1500 mile 
> check up on the new engine.
>
>
> Thanks for any thoughts, opinions, etc.
>
> Ben (Looking forward to Buffalo!)
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