Not sure if this is the right place for this but I am fairly sure that I will get the best exposure and maybe stumble away with the right answer.
So here is what we have. First Gen small block Chevy 350. Running TBI on it but that's of no consequence. Motor has been sitting for probably close to 10 years at this point. We tried firing it a couple of weeks ago but could only turn it over and it never fired due to the coil not being wired :shaking: As we were cranking the starter however, oil was spewing out of the bottom of the block by the oil filter. We assumed that the filter seal was bad and simply swapped out the filter with a new one. Then let it sit until we had the chance to work on it again.
Yesterday, I wired up the coil and fired the motor. Ran it for maybe 20 seconds before we noticed the oil seeping out again. Crawled under the truck and it was leaking from the same place. So we pulled the filter again and everything looks fine. Then we decided to unbolt the adapter and that's when we discovered that it had broken in two. So I'm assuming that the broken adapter resulted in a bad seal and therefore oil all over the ground. That being said, I have two questions:
1) Other than someone over-torquing the bolts when that adapter was installed, can you think of any other reason why the adapter would break? Exit oil port appears to be clear and not clogged.
2) Any specific precautions that I should take when installing the replacement? Clean all surfaces, new gasket and then probably torque to spec (anyone know the specs?). Anything else?
I'm assuming that this is just one of those things that happens every now and then and simply keeps me from finishing a project. But you never know....might be a bigger issue. Throw me your feedback please.
So here is what we have. First Gen small block Chevy 350. Running TBI on it but that's of no consequence. Motor has been sitting for probably close to 10 years at this point. We tried firing it a couple of weeks ago but could only turn it over and it never fired due to the coil not being wired :shaking: As we were cranking the starter however, oil was spewing out of the bottom of the block by the oil filter. We assumed that the filter seal was bad and simply swapped out the filter with a new one. Then let it sit until we had the chance to work on it again.
Yesterday, I wired up the coil and fired the motor. Ran it for maybe 20 seconds before we noticed the oil seeping out again. Crawled under the truck and it was leaking from the same place. So we pulled the filter again and everything looks fine. Then we decided to unbolt the adapter and that's when we discovered that it had broken in two. So I'm assuming that the broken adapter resulted in a bad seal and therefore oil all over the ground. That being said, I have two questions:
1) Other than someone over-torquing the bolts when that adapter was installed, can you think of any other reason why the adapter would break? Exit oil port appears to be clear and not clogged.
2) Any specific precautions that I should take when installing the replacement? Clean all surfaces, new gasket and then probably torque to spec (anyone know the specs?). Anything else?
I'm assuming that this is just one of those things that happens every now and then and simply keeps me from finishing a project. But you never know....might be a bigger issue. Throw me your feedback please.