Vans
Probationary Member
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- Jan 28, 2003
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Northbrook,
Illinois
the engine only ran for 2 seconds, and turned over for about a minute priming it, and it spit out about a quart of fresh oil. it was coming from up between the trans and block, so i thought i had forgot to put the oil seperator in the rear main. i just pulled it apart and its in there. im totally stumped.
i know the oil seperator can go in backwards, i had it so the face of it was touching the rear seal and the tabs were pointing towards the block, did i put it in the wrong way? i cant even figure out what its their for and why the seal itself doesn't keep out the oil. the only other thing i can figure is i noticed the rear main seal was just a tiny bit crooked in the housing. i looked at it from an angle and could see on its 9 oclock side there was like a few tenths of an inch inbetween the seal and the housing, could that have caused the hugh leak?
Ive tried searching and someone else had a bad leak like this, it turned out to be his oil galley plug was hand tight. he had to pull the trans to get to it but i dont know what this is. considering i dont know what it is makes me think i might have missed it, so if someone could tell me where and what it is id aprecciate it.
i know the oil seperator can go in backwards, i had it so the face of it was touching the rear seal and the tabs were pointing towards the block, did i put it in the wrong way? i cant even figure out what its their for and why the seal itself doesn't keep out the oil. the only other thing i can figure is i noticed the rear main seal was just a tiny bit crooked in the housing. i looked at it from an angle and could see on its 9 oclock side there was like a few tenths of an inch inbetween the seal and the housing, could that have caused the hugh leak?
Ive tried searching and someone else had a bad leak like this, it turned out to be his oil galley plug was hand tight. he had to pull the trans to get to it but i dont know what this is. considering i dont know what it is makes me think i might have missed it, so if someone could tell me where and what it is id aprecciate it.