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Rik Stetler
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 19, 2006 - 9:15 am: | |
hello everyone need some help oil blowing out of someplace not sure used 1.5 gallons in 30 min water temp rose slightly this 8-71 has always had low oil use mostly leaks about 32000 miles on factory reman engine Put oil in and fired up for 3 minutes possible ping sound oil is on left side of engine Whats the bad news should I try to drive to repair facility 1 hour away and risk further damage or tow . Right now it idels fine oil pressure is good |
truthhunter@shaw.ca
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 19, 2006 - 12:11 pm: | |
Clean the area off with brake cleaner or engine cleaner foam (wear eye protection) and try to find the source of the leak first. That might help narrow the guess down on the suspected ping sound and help asses the risk in driving 1 hour to repair shop. Would be a shame to destroy a rebuilt engine with uninformed decision making. If you can narrow the leak down someone hear that is "Jimmmy intimate" might give you a better opinion on the risk. Also more detail on the "ping" does that mean it decreased in sound as the engine warmed up? Us a narrow hose in your ear as a stethoscope to narrow the sound down.
If this is beyond your skills, hire the repair shop to send someone out for a "house call" to help you decide to tow or not to tow. The diagnostic cash you pay for a house call, you would likely be paying for the same shop time to diagnose the ping track down the leak anyhow. It is normal for heavy duty shops to make house calls. |
JW Smythe (Jwsmythe)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 19, 2006 - 9:46 pm: | |
My 6v92 had an oil leak from a bolt fairly high up on the engine that was stripped, and a smaller leak from a braided steel oil hose a lot lower. It soaked the engine, more on the left than anywhere. The mechanic said it was hard to find, since the fan is so good at moving air, it tends to blow oil everywhere.
The ping would concern me. Is it detonation, or is it a broken part rattling around? Maybe it's just a loose bracket tapping against the block, or maybe it's a valve that broke and is smacking into the piston. |
Bob Wies (Ncbob)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 19, 2006 - 9:46 pm: | |
Could it be a loose injector "crab" + a leaky valve cover gasket? The compression of the faulty cylinder and the misfiring (?) might just be causing excessive pressure in the Valve Cover...over-burdening the VC gasket on that bank.
Just a guess. Determine which side and clean it up and start the engine at idle. Check for leaks.
One thing about Alpine Green...it makes for easier spotting of problems.
NCbob |
Gus Causbie (Gusc)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 19, 2006 - 11:38 pm: | |
DDs will make a mess even with the slightest leak. My 671 soaked the rear of my bus in just a few minutes when the fitting on the line from the crankcase to the governor was slightly loose, very hard to see.
The line to this fitting sends only oil vapor from the crankcase to the governor to lubricate the governor. Notice I said oil vapor, so you can imagine what a leaky oil line can do. |
Gus Causbie (Gusc)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 19, 2006 - 11:40 pm: | |
When there is a huge oil leak you can always hear a lot of new and threatening sounds!
Kind of like the sound an airplane engine makes over open water. |
John MC9
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 12:15 am: | |
Or it's passengers? |
califbob
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 12:56 am: | |
HI Rik
I had a simular prolem several years ago.
To make a long story short, I cleaned up the engine then removed the fan,found the leak right away. With the fan on the oil blows all over making it darn near imposible. Mine was the gasket on the oil cooler. I guess it goes without saying don't run it to long |
Donald Lee Schwanke (Dontx)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 8:49 am: | |
A similar experience I had, a very messy oil bath on the toad and engine compartment, turned out to be the fan drive bolts that attach it to the engine were loose, real easy to check for tightness. Just something more to check. |
Rik Stetler
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 9:19 am: | |
Thanks for info I drove the bus to repair shop after talking to the owner. Gus your right about hearing things possible sound coming from water pump gears The oil appears to be coming from a rubber connector off the blower or possible a spot behind and running down the block and catching the breeze from fan. Thanks again for the help. we will be making a trip from michigan to cooperstown ny in 2 weeks hopefuuly the gremlins have left |