Leaking oil after replacing oil pump
#3
Last edited by ttownthomas; 05-03-2020 at 07:54 PM.
The following users liked this post:
No Doubt (05-06-2020)
#5
Filled with what I had laying around after doing the oil pump job. Some 5w40 and some straight 30w. Drove it til it was hot twice yesterday and noticed the leak when I went to drain that crap out and fill with fresh 15/40 rotella
Last edited by ttownthomas; 05-04-2020 at 11:32 AM.
#8
I'm going to have to go look at my freshly built 4.6...for some reason...my mind remembers those rubber tabs coming through the pan farther.
l'm glad you posted the picture though, l've been looking for that bracket and couldn't find it...but now l know what it looks like!
EDIT: Mine are about 3/16 to a 1/4 sticking through, l used a lucky 8 gasket set, so that could be part of the difference too? But, l'm wondering if maybe you got the rubber tabs cocked in the holes and it's not letting the gasket seat properly. Very strange place for it to leak, if seated properly. If they are not coming through the pan as far as the rest along the pan, l'd loosen pan and try gently pulling them through the pan farther, but gently.
l'm glad you posted the picture though, l've been looking for that bracket and couldn't find it...but now l know what it looks like!
EDIT: Mine are about 3/16 to a 1/4 sticking through, l used a lucky 8 gasket set, so that could be part of the difference too? But, l'm wondering if maybe you got the rubber tabs cocked in the holes and it's not letting the gasket seat properly. Very strange place for it to leak, if seated properly. If they are not coming through the pan as far as the rest along the pan, l'd loosen pan and try gently pulling them through the pan farther, but gently.
Last edited by The Deputy; 05-04-2020 at 05:14 PM.
The following users liked this post:
No Doubt (05-06-2020)
#9
#10
PVC mod done. Did not solve problem. Right on about the nubs not sticking far enough out of the pan. The idiot mechanic (me) that dit the repair got something lined up poorly around the front studs and the gasket was not making a tight seal up there. Shoulda put in bolts like everyone suggested, which I have done now. Leaks gone.
The following users liked this post:
No Doubt (05-06-2020)