airman
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- Jan 6, 2008
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Greenville,
South Carolina
Hey all - new to the forum and it seems to be like a nice community. Decided to join a large one because the one I'm a member at isn't very quick for help.
Let me introduce myself first: My name is Mike, and I live in Greenville, SC. I own a '95 Eclipse GS-T A/T. A week after I got it, my oil cooler bolt came loose and caused an oil blowout, and with that I spun a rod bearing. While I had everything pulled apart, I decided to do a rebuild. I paid a lot of attention to my head - ported, polished, 3 angle valve job, standard BC valves. Also put in new rings, bearings, but didn't have my crank repaired. Hope it won't hurt anything. Tossed a new head gasket, air intake gasket, and exhaust manifold gasket in the mix as well.
After 3 months of sitting, I finally got her to fire up again. Compression is great (170+), which I'm happy about. It was only pushing around 150 or so when I got her.
Here are my current issues:
Mainly, I'm frustrated with two oil leaks. One is getting oil onto my exhaust manifold...and thus causing smoke. I have a new valve cover gasket, so I don't think it's coming from there. The smoke almost looks like it's coming from underneath the manifold.
My main problem area - there's a pretty good trickle coming from the timing belt tensioner area. I lost one of two of the bolts that holds it down, so I grabbed one from the pile of bolts I had, and torqued it to spec. So - once I cranked her up for the first time, and did a victory dance, I noticed a *drip drip* on the garage floor. I traced it up to the bolt that I substituted. Worried, I shut her down, and pull my belts off, then timing belt, then pull out the two bolts holding in the tensioner. The one I subbed in was pretty coated in oil. I looked and compared the two, and the one i subbed is about 1/8th of an inch longer than the other. I didn't feel any early resistance while torquing both bolts down, so I don't think I've caused any holes/etc in the block, but I'm pretty confident that's where the oil is coming from.
I've checked related threads, and some have suggested a bolt sealant? I take classes right near a NAPA, Autozone, Advanced Auto, and O'Reillys. If I give this stuff a shot, what exactly do I need to look for? I know I don't want bolt lube or Loctite, is it straight up called bolt sealant?
I'm also open to suggestions if you don't believe this is the problem...because like I said, I'm not fully confident that's where the oil is coming from, so I'm totally open to suggestions. For those interested, here are some pictures of the reworked head:
Here is the head in all her glory fresh off the block for the first time:
Thanks in advance guys.
Let me introduce myself first: My name is Mike, and I live in Greenville, SC. I own a '95 Eclipse GS-T A/T. A week after I got it, my oil cooler bolt came loose and caused an oil blowout, and with that I spun a rod bearing. While I had everything pulled apart, I decided to do a rebuild. I paid a lot of attention to my head - ported, polished, 3 angle valve job, standard BC valves. Also put in new rings, bearings, but didn't have my crank repaired. Hope it won't hurt anything. Tossed a new head gasket, air intake gasket, and exhaust manifold gasket in the mix as well.
After 3 months of sitting, I finally got her to fire up again. Compression is great (170+), which I'm happy about. It was only pushing around 150 or so when I got her.
Here are my current issues:
Mainly, I'm frustrated with two oil leaks. One is getting oil onto my exhaust manifold...and thus causing smoke. I have a new valve cover gasket, so I don't think it's coming from there. The smoke almost looks like it's coming from underneath the manifold.
My main problem area - there's a pretty good trickle coming from the timing belt tensioner area. I lost one of two of the bolts that holds it down, so I grabbed one from the pile of bolts I had, and torqued it to spec. So - once I cranked her up for the first time, and did a victory dance, I noticed a *drip drip* on the garage floor. I traced it up to the bolt that I substituted. Worried, I shut her down, and pull my belts off, then timing belt, then pull out the two bolts holding in the tensioner. The one I subbed in was pretty coated in oil. I looked and compared the two, and the one i subbed is about 1/8th of an inch longer than the other. I didn't feel any early resistance while torquing both bolts down, so I don't think I've caused any holes/etc in the block, but I'm pretty confident that's where the oil is coming from.
I've checked related threads, and some have suggested a bolt sealant? I take classes right near a NAPA, Autozone, Advanced Auto, and O'Reillys. If I give this stuff a shot, what exactly do I need to look for? I know I don't want bolt lube or Loctite, is it straight up called bolt sealant?
I'm also open to suggestions if you don't believe this is the problem...because like I said, I'm not fully confident that's where the oil is coming from, so I'm totally open to suggestions. For those interested, here are some pictures of the reworked head:
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Here is the head in all her glory fresh off the block for the first time:
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Thanks in advance guys.
