Re: 35 Senior 8 Oil Loss

Posted by Bill Heptig On 2011/11/17 23:25:16

Thanks for all your input, an impressinve response to be sure. It appears that my problem was both simpler and harder to spot than I first thought. I initially hung a bucket that was cut down to fit under the leading edge of transmission, and held up by wires, thinking that if oil collected there, that it must be the source of the leak, that was not the case.

The engine was setup on a test stand today and run, and it appears that the problem is resolved. Apparently what was happening was that under pressure the seal at the oil float was allowing a stream of oil to run down the engine and with the car in motion, it was the atomized by the airsteam passing the car and appeared in the bucket by that means. The float gasket was apparently the cause of the loss.

I wasn't able to see this first hand so I going to the shop that did the work for me this weekend. Thanks for all the suggestions, I just hope this turns out to be the answer and I can enjoy the car in the spring with out hauling gallons of oil on every trip.

Regards
Bill