Well when I fired up the motor Saturday after putting it back in the truck... It took a long time to crank and start and once it did it ran bad and was leaking oil BAD. Well I found out what happens when you tighten the HPOP Reservoir to tight. :doh:
It can't bottom out....it is open and threaded all the way through.
Wrong gasket and over tightened. That front cover requires a non-screen gasket. The Reservoir bolts merely need to be snug with a proper new gasket (40-50 in/lbs)
You can JB weld it! I did on the pulling truck and it is still holding. Jam some paper towels down in there, take the grinder to it and v-groove it inside and out. Add JB weld in thin layers letting each layer dry. Use the good JB weld not the JB Qwik junk.
15-18 ft.lbs. on them bolts, I just torqued mine on the motor I'm putting together. The Wrong gasket will do that or if you use an impact gun to tighten the bolts loloke:
it'd be tricky. it should really be V'd out to get some meat in there. the oil causes a problem too, if it's not all gone, it'll get messy and you won't get good penetration. not to mention, that's an awkward position to work in right there.
If I do believe correctly, that's a cast aluminum piece, which is MUCH harder to get a good weld on than a typical 6061 or so.
i thought i saw that Loctite makes an epoxy that works in oily or greasy environments. i think i saw it at wal mart. might want to check on that too.
I swear I read somewhere a few months back that someone used JB Weld on a cracked front cover and it had held up fine without any leaks. It was on this site, I just forget who it was.
Well I JB welded it... truck is running... No more leak... but its running like piss... not sure what i did wrong. white smoke everywhere and a SES light but i have no way of pulling the code as of right now
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