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Old 06-17-2012   #11
XfireZ51
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Chicagoland, IL
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Default Re: LT5 Assembly Project

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Originally Posted by LGAFF View Post
If it was crankcase pressure, wouldn't it be pushing out the dipstick?
Mine did not. But the oil leak followed a similar pattern as yours. Appeared to come from front. I re-did the oil cooler lines, checked the oil sending unit under the filter housing. Re-sealed the left front corner oil pan bolt, finally using a Doti washer. Sometimes I would take car out and drive it, then park for days and no leak. But when I'd get on it, that's when I would smell a whiff of burnt oil coming into the car. Then I had a small pool of oil by the cam cover bolt right next to the passenger side vent tube. I had used the Scotch Brite for the vent. Finally removed cam cover and replaced w Haibeck's foam material.
No more leaks. No burnt oil smell. That was my experience.
The pressure was causing multiple areas to leak.
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