Oil spraying out head!!!
04-01-2009, 06:13 PM
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Re: Oil spraying out head!!!
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Taken from the Reliable LS/VTEC thread
Taken from the Reliable LS/VTEC thread
Make sure you have already installed the oil galley plug into the head and that it sits flush, this is imperative to redirect the oil flow via the external oil lines to activate vtec. Alot of people complain about oil leaks with lsvtec setups. You ask them if they installed this plug and they ask you "what is that"?.....
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04-01-2009, 06:59 PM
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Re: Oil spraying out head!!!
100% sure its above the oil filter. The head was already on a LS block, we bought it from the guy and slapped it on our block. So the head already worked on a LS block.
04-01-2009, 10:25 PM
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Re: Oil spraying out head!!!
I guess the mechanic when he sprayed copper crap on the head gasket sprayed the thing that says up so it was on upside down. Gotta buy a new one a put it on, pretty sure that was why it was leaking. I'll post again when new gasket is one and let everyone know if that fixed it.
04-02-2009, 12:33 AM
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yeah, while you're at it, why don't you take that head over to a machine shop to make sure it isn't warped. Might as well get it hot tanked and pressure checked while your at it. and check the block deck for squareness. prefereably at a machine shop if you can.
04-02-2009, 01:53 AM
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Re: Oil spraying out head!!!
Yea, might as well get the crank polished too. Then send the block out and have it sleeved and bored over. Then some 14.5:1 pistons and Pauter rods, and call it a day.
04-03-2009, 04:00 AM
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Re: Oil spraying out head!!!
OK, after replacing the head gasket and making sure it was right side up we turned the car over and what do ya know, oil spraying again. BUT, my friend swore it was from the head, yet we saw it coming from the intake manifold with closer inspection. SO, we took off the intake manifold and low and behold there is a hole in the middle of the head that was pumping out oil the whole time. There should be an allen bolt that goes in that hole that was definitely not in it. So we have to get that bolt, slap her on and she should be good to go.