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| | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 18 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 18 | Hello Bolters,
I was under my truck the other day installing a new starter when I remembered I had a new gasket set for my oil pan. So of course I thought to change that while I was under there. My engine is a 1964 230 Straight Six. I cleaned up the oil pan and went to install the new gasket. When I got to the front rubber seal I noticed it did not have all the bolt holes to match the oil pan. Felpro's instructions said this was the "new" version and did not require the extra bolts. I scratched my head and went with the instructions. Bolted everything back in place, filled her up and did not see any leaks. Ran the engine a few times. looked good. I then drove it to work all excited about the work I had done. Then on the way home I could see my oil pressure dropping and the engine noise increasing. I nursed her back home and found oil all over the place and looks like the front seal ..well did not. Has anyone undergone this situation? Did you get a new set, one with the holes? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Joe "The Forge Dude" Zellmer | | | | | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 188 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 188 | I found the same problem. No tabs for the holes. I used some black form-a-gasket to seal it to the bottom of the timing cover.
Never leaked.
Another thought. Is your pvc working properly. Could be excessive crankcase pressure blowwing the gasket out. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 18 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 18 | Hmmm I suppose it could be pvc issues. My experience with computer programming has shown me it usually the last thing changed is probably the culprit. One the positive side, I took on this project to learn, and learning I am hahaha..learning a bunch of new colorful words! Just kidding. Thanks for the suggestion on the form-a-gasket.
Best Regards,
Joe "The Forge Dude" | | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 18 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 18 | I purchased a new set of gaskets for the oil pan. I used some of the "tricks" I read here, like using thread to hold the cork in place. I cleaned everything up really well and took my time lining everything up. I put it all together last night and tightened things up again this afternoon to give the silicon some time to cure. Took her out for a spin this eve. Nothing seems amiss, SO for now I think we are good. Of course..I might have over heated things when I was limping her home the other day...so maybe we will be learning about head gaskets next...DOH! hahahaha...the lessons continue.
Joe "The Forge Dude" Zellmer
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