pouring oil above drain plate.

i recently dropped the engine to fix a leak coming from the push rod tube. checked the rear main seal and the oil cooler and all of that was good. but after putting the engine back in and starting my car it pours oil from about two inches above the drain plateand up in the engine. i cant figure out where its coming from and its like pouring oil like you would out of a bottle. its bad. any ideas?

Above the drain plate? Since that is on the very bottom, that leaves the entire rest of the engine. Help us visualize a little better...picture?

this is all i could get. but the leak is dead in the center.

Main seal.

thats what i was thinking but my rear main was fine when i pulled the motor. is there any way i could have messed it up while i was putting it back in?

you might have tweaked it while putting the engine back in. Could also be the trany seal. Trany oil has a very distinctive "rotten egg" smell.

nah this is just oil. i also put in a new alt with a new stand and it looks like i have a little leak coming from around there. any ideas what may be causing this? the stand doesnt have a oil filler cap

If you have oil pooling all over the top of the engine the leak is likely comming from the oil cooler. Hard to tell from the pic but there should be some gaskets between the stand and the engine. Also there is a deflector plate that should be sandwiched in there as well.

leaking cam plug?

Coming from between the case halves? Had one coming from there before.

i agree with glenn take the seal out and install another one, i have found napa has some relly good real main seals . they are not like the el cheapos you buy at the other parts store that start with A. When you pulled the engine you sould have been able to see a wet area with that much oil, also check your case, they will rotten in water so there might be a hole somewhere.

Well I pulled the engine because I had a small oil leak coming from the push rod tube and I solved that leak and that was the only wet spot. Oil cooler was fine and everything else looked ok. But after we put it back in and ran it it has an oil leak 20xs worse and coming from a different area. I'll stop by napa and change the main seal soon. I'll also check the cam plug. Thanks for the info. Hopefully I can get this resolved soon.

And as for the case halves I've never had one there before. I only had a short time to look at it before I had to leave but I was uncertain if it was gas or oil. I'll take a closer look when I gat home and check and see if it was coming from the carb or somewhere else

did u even take the flywheel off when u took the motor out?

not. i didnt have the tools to check it. im taking it to tim in the near future and get him to. my tool supply is really limited

but when i say i checked the rear main i mean there was no obvious leakage from there. it was all at the push rod tube.

so it was coming from the case halves underneath and it looks like oil but it has a gas smell mixed with it. dont know if that helps at all. but i got under it today with it running and it was only leaking from that crease and not from further above it.

Oooof... that doesn't sound good.

If it has a gas smell that could be the fuel pump leaking into the case or it could be some leaky rings allowing burnt fuel mixing with crank case vapor to get into the oil.

do you think i should just go ahead and replace the fuel pump and the rear main seal?

also i just replaced the gen for an alt so ive heard i need a different fuel pump because they are angled different. should i get another mechanical pump or go with an electric pump.

if u get an electric pump get a good one. if you plan to get a cheap one, stay witht he mechanical pump. i'd recommend a carter electric inline rotary pump. i got mine from summit (i think it was like $65ish). been over 2 years, and no problems.

kokodabobo wrote:also i just replaced the gen for an alt so ive heard i need a different fuel pump because they are angled different. should i get another mechanical pump or go with an electric pump.

If you're running the stock carb, I'd run a mechanical fuel pump for simplicity's sake

New mechanical pumps are around $28 bucs. Get two and put one in your rescue/parts bag, you never know when you or someone you're cruising with will need one.

thanks for the input guys. i guess ill go get a couple of mechanical ones and try and work on this leak some more