Resolved Oil filter housing leak

[T is for TURBO]

I agree. Copper spray or nothing at all. I personally copper spray all of my paper gaskets.

 

[kchaazz]

^^ And get a roll of those blue paper towels from the parts store, fold the towel into a 4" or so square, spray brake cleaner on the towel, then wipe both surfaces until the towel isnt turning brown from picking up residue- usually takes 3- 4 towels- this will ensure both surfaces are absolutely clean, and I do this on ALL my gasket surfaces before installation.

 

[ramsack]

Adding some sealant to a gasket is not going over the 100%, it's going under. It's another point of failure, and the gaskets were designed to seal without a "gap-filler." The gaskets themselves are "gap-fillers." RTV should only be used where a factory manual says to use it. It's usually only on SEALS, like valve cover gaskets (only at the crotch where the camshafts protrude) and oil pan gaskets.

 

[g4ebguy90]

Ok so you understand that rtv is only a band-aid to cover up an actual problem. You also understand it can clog up passages which can lead to either engine or tranny failure but you don't warn against not using it.

Again you say have never seen a failure from using it but you do everything by the book? Contradicting.

Also 3 years of schooling doesn't mean anything. Used to work with a guy that went to UTI for two years. He was one of the,worst mechanics I've ever seen.

OP justin, bryan, and 99gst have your answers. Just make sure all surfaces are clean install new gasket sprayed with copper spray. Spray it on in the air then install ofh and forget you ever had a leak.

Still on this, everybody in the industry in every shop I have ever worked at uses RTV on about everything. I myself avoid any use. I have however used it on all types of pans and never had a problem.

I wouldn't go to UTI anyways. They don't even offer a degree. I have worked with people from UTI and even they say its a waste. You can go on about my schooling but I won't be working in a shop and should be making over 60k a year so I really don't care. If it makes you happy I graduated with honors.

I never RECOMMENDED HE USE IT FOR THE 20TH TIME.
I recommended what kind of RTV I use when I do apply it myself to anything. If you read it again, I mentioned if HE did decide to use RTV. I'm not going to warn him about something that common sense should handle alone. I don't think he would be pouring the stuff inside the engine.

So if we could please stop the quotes. Thanks. I never recommended use of RTV.

 

[gorf]

update

Crawled under the car and just stared at it for a while. Finally I decided that the oil was most likely coming from the lower front cover gasket. Tore the whole front off and BINGO - the front cover gasket was completely shot right by the high pressure traces.

My engine is a six bolt with a seven bolt front cover - the old RRE conversion method. The Guy that built my engine the first time did all of the machine work. One of the holes for the OFH was tapped crooked and stripped out. The last time I replaced the gasket, I just tapped it deeper and put a longer bolt in it. Guess the front cover gasket was probably already blown. Put a helicoil in it, put it back together and ran the engine up stutter box and no oil leak. I'll get it on the road this weekend - but I believe it is fixed.

Like everyone said DO NOT USE RTV - I did the first time and spent hours cleaning that mess out. I did use the spray copper this time and it made reassembly a lot easier and it should not make a mess out of everything.

thanks for the help
John