turbov6joe
Signal 1 J-12
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- May 22, 2002
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I've been chasing an oil leak since the new motor and have narrowed it down to the oil pump cover gasket. I pulled it apart and replaced it with a new GM gasket and went out for a WOT run to see if it leaked....hell yea it leaked, just as freak'n bad!! The only 2 things I changed when I built this motor was changing over to a Wix filter from an AC Delco and blocking the oil bypass with the old dime and JB Weld trick. Blocking the bypass I noticed a significant increase on oil pressure over all rpm areas. Has anyone else that blocked the bypass had oil leak problems...specifically in the oil pump cover area? I'm thinking that the increase in oil pressure at WOT is creating enough extra pressure to leak past the gasket...doesn't leak a drop at idle or in the mid rpm area
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