[FC] Oil Leak Update

[Bill Chellis]

Jim:

Glad it helped.

I'd also suggest the following stop oil leak booklet. I have attached a link
to it at Clark's, but I
would imagine other vendors have it also.

http://www.corvair.com/user-cgi/search.cgi?part=C5261

Bill


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Forgey" <jforgey4 at yahoo.com>
To: "Bill Chellis" <chelvis at camano.net>; <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Cc: "Mike Ioanes" <mioanes at woh.rr.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] Oil Leak Update


> Hey Bill,
>
> Thanks for this email. I have developed a leak as
> well, this gives me a tutorial on some solutions.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim Forgey
> 64 Brier
> 61 Lakewood - now running with a new front end!
>
> --- Bill Chellis <chelvis at camano.net> wrote:
>
> > Good evening:
> >
> > At the risk of jinxing myself, it appears I have
> > resolved the massive oil leak my Rampside developed
> > suddenly.
> > I was never able to isolate the culprit, so I
> > replaced the top cover gaskets, gen adapter gasket,
> > rear housing gasket and seal, oil cooler gasket and
> > o-rings, oil pump gasket and oil pressure sending
> > unit.  Added a new set of serrated bolts for good
> > measure.
> > In addition, I spent at least 2 hours cleaning out
> > pine cone or maple seed remnants lodged between the
> > cooling fins that had been left behind by transient
> > mice.
> >
> > Did find out during this exercise that what I was
> > told was a 1961 80 HP 145 (YC) engine is actually a
> > 1964 95 HP 164 (YC).
> >
> > But the PG has started shifting weird, so the score
> > is now Rampside 2, Bill 1.
> >
> > Bill Chellis
> >
> >
> >
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