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Bored&Stroked · 03-29-2021, 05:56 AM

Do you put silicone gasket sealer in the oil-pan groove and the timing cover groove and install the one pieace seal with it still wet? I find that it takes some sealer around the one-piece seal to fill in all the gaps and complete the seal. I probably put about an 1/8" bead in the seal groove channels.

The same goes for the oil-pan gasket. Usually it has to be trimmed to clear the one-peace seal, then you put silicone sealer in the corners where the pan meets the seal. Hard to diagnose from afar - but somewhere you have some major spaces/gaps in the main sealing area (that is my guess anyway). If you've got the steel seal sleave installed on the crank (little over an 1/8" thick and about 1 3/8" long) - with the smooth repair sleeve over it, then that area should be good to go.

How is the oil pressure in the engine? Could somebody have forgotten to put in the front galley plug - which would flood the timing system with huge amounts of oil? Is this a new engine, recently rebuilt???

03-29-2021, 05:56 AM	#21
Bored&Stroked Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 5,070	Re: Oil leak Do you put silicone gasket sealer in the oil-pan groove and the timing cover groove and install the one pieace seal with it still wet? I find that it takes some sealer around the one-piece seal to fill in all the gaps and complete the seal. I probably put about an 1/8" bead in the seal groove channels. The same goes for the oil-pan gasket. Usually it has to be trimmed to clear the one-peace seal, then you put silicone sealer in the corners where the pan meets the seal. Hard to diagnose from afar - but somewhere you have some major spaces/gaps in the main sealing area (that is my guess anyway). If you've got the steel seal sleave installed on the crank (little over an 1/8" thick and about 1 3/8" long) - with the smooth repair sleeve over it, then that area should be good to go. How is the oil pressure in the engine? Could somebody have forgotten to put in the front galley plug - which would flood the timing system with huge amounts of oil? Is this a new engine, recently rebuilt???