DeTomaso Mailing List: March 2001, Message #208

Note: forwarded message attached.


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Micheal,

Took my engine apart this weekend to find the same
thing.  Only mine had silicone all around the crank
bolt.  When I removed it oil came out.  It's a little
alarming to say the least.  I too will have the crank
checked before moving forward.

Jim

#4220
--- Michael Royer <mroyer@surferdude.com> wrote:
> 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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