<VV> Oil Spray

[Charles McKinley]

In the territory of long shots, a couple years ago I was getting a  
very fine oil spray and finally traced it to a crack between the fins  
of the oil cooler. The spray was a little more localized than what you  
seem to be experiencing. I replaced the oil cooler and the same thing  
happened to the replacement after a few months. The replacement was a  
really battered old one from Clark's. I ended up fabricating one and  
it's been OK ever since.


Chuck McKinley

On Mar 22, 2010, at 12:00 PM, DTerry8123 at aol.com wrote:

> About 40 years ago I had a similar leak in my Corsa. I opened the  
> engine
> lid only to find everything covered with oil. I was unable to see  
> what was
> leaking. After further inspection, I discovered a very tiny pin hole  
> in the
> oil filter. The pin hole was facing toward the engine. A tiny stream  
> of oil
> was being sprayed onto the harmonic balancer which was slinging it  
> all over
> the  engine.
> Dan Terry
> 1965 Corsa 140 coupe
> President-Corvair Atlanta
>
>
>
> In a message dated 3/22/2010 11:44:01 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> vairologist at verizon.net writes:
>
> Right  now, oil is spritzing onto top cover like tiny
>> raindrops - too fine to  tell but apparently oil - I can't
>> feel or see the  source.
>
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