Re: Re: missing oil?? maybe belly pan

From: mike kulczycki (dakota1994@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Apr 17 2003 - 11:36:06 EDT


i'm planning on doing it on saturday. this is my regular driver, so i need
it fixed right away. that better be the only problem...

Mike K
94 SLT,CC,239,2wd,auto
95 Sport,RC,360,5-speed
http://www.hornok.com/zig

>From: Bob Tom <tigers@bserv.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>Subject: Re: DML: Re: missing oil?? maybe belly pan
>Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:10:52 -0400
>
>
>Hi Mike,
>
>At 10:50 AM 4/16/03 -0400, you wrote:
>>thanks for the info. so did you end up having to replace the gasket??
>>Mike K
>
>No. I had the oil loss symptoms near the end of a racing season. I did
>the test for a leaked gasket but did not come up with anything. I also
>did a compression test and that came up negative as well. The only
>time that I knew that oil was coming out of the exhaust was at start-up
>on my driveway and when the sun was low enough behind the rear.
>Even then, the exhaust was such a faint "blue" that I wasn't really sure.
>After about 2-3 weeks, I did not get anymore oil loss.
>
>I had planned to put the M1 on over the winter. It was only when we did
>the install that we discovered that the gasket had gone "wavy" in a few
>locations
>and had resealed itself. HTH.
>
>Bob
>

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