DeTomaso Mailing List: March 2001, Message #169

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From: Michael Royer <mroyer@surferdude.com>
Subject:Re: pulleys (more problems!)
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 23:06:19 -0500

Yikes!

That is REALLY bad news.  I'm not the first to discover it.  There was some 
calking already there.  That contributed to the difficulty in removing the 
bolt.  It is engine oil seeping out.

Question,
What is the risk of recalking and just driving?  Nothing to lose?

Mike (but it ran great) Royer


At 05:19 PM 3/4/2001 -0500, JDeRyke@aol.com wrote:
>The 15/16 bolt in the end of the crank is a blind hole. Oil CANNOT leak out
>unless someone drilled the crank wrong for some arcane oiling modification
>and intersected the bolt hole, or your crank is cracked. Or, there may have
>been some fluid in the hole from solvent cleaning, but with a normal
>crankshaft, nothing should come out of that bolthole. If a quantity of oil
>came out, I would remove the crank and magneflux it or do some other
>crack-testing. Good luck- J DeRyke
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