What will cause too much crank case pressure? I have notices a draft coming from around the oil fill cap/breather, would that indicate too much crank pressure? Nathan 2277 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Swingle" <swingle@...> wrote: > > Did you put some sealant under the sleeve, and did you oil the pulley > shaft before inserting the pulley onto the crank and into the seal? > Does that seal have a tension spring inside it? It's a slightly > tighter fit with the sleeve and if it's difficult to get in you can > knock the small spring (if that seal used one) off the sleeve. > > Check the crankcase pressure by running the engine with the oil > filler cap removed, but if it still leaks my guess is that you either > nicked the seal during installation or dislodged the tension spring > in the seal. If that happened, when you remove the pulley again > you'll see the spring wrapped around the crank - you may need a > mirror to see it. > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Soma576@ wrote: > > > > Hey Group, > > > > Part of my engine pulling project was to replace a leaking front > main > > seal. It would gradually seep and was just making a slow mess on my > oil > > pan. While the engine was out, I pulled off the pulley and had it > > sleeved with the appropriate timkin sleeve. I also replaced the > oil > > seal with Grady's double-lip seal. Now it is still leaking. > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/