Hi everyone A couple of questions that I am finding hard to find the answers to using google etc. I need to repair the c post on the sliding door side of my camper before fiting a rear arch but there is not much of it left, what should it look like? From what I can see it steps in a little as the seal for the sliding door has to fit in. I am also going to replace as many seals and gaskets on my engine as I can due to an oil leak and the fact it is out of the van for now, when I replace them should I be using any sort of sealent or grease? Thank you for your collective help and wisdom in advance.
I repaired my C post ......heres a pic of it before I finished tidying the welds, there are more pics on page 6 of my resto of this area being repaired (click link at bottom of my signature)
Hi Snotty The oil seems to be coming from a variety of places, rear flywheen, pushrods and rocker gaskets i think but oils seems to be all over the engine so once i ad removed it thought I would buy the gasket and seal set and replace as many as I could , do I need grease or sealent of any kind?
Cheers Diddy, I knew I had seen this on here but couldn't find it again. Your thread is the best, it has proper helped me and that reply has helped me again. Thank you for being so thorough with your postings and your help.
all ways happy to help I'm doing pretty much the same with my engine lol!, oil all over so thought I would change all the seals. I bought an elring gasket set from GSF and it has everything in it ....was about £20 I've been using blue hylomar gasket sealer on every thing ....but most people dont use it on the rubber seals like push rod tubes, oil cooler seals etc .....but I did lol. Dont think it matters so much on the rubber seals if you dont use anything as long as you get then seated correctly......but I'd definatly use sealer on the paper gaskets .......just use it sparingly so you dont get big blobs squeezing out into the engine
^ what DM said. If your flywheel seal is leaking - check that it truely is - you'll have to whip the flywheel off, which is a bit of a tussle. Most likely it's the pushrod seals. I'd use a thin smear of Hylomar here. Rocker covers - cork gaskets, no sealant (they'll glue themselves on), just a smear of grease. Make sure the spring bails are a tight fit. Contrary to popular opinion, if everything's in good shape, these engines don't piddle oil all over the place
Cheers DM and Snotty, the reason I thought the flywheel seal was leaking is the oil seemed to be forming drips at the rear of the engine and online sugessted that could be the reason, if i dont have to i would rather not mess with the flywheel. Is there any other ways to check if the flywheel seal is leaking or not?
Not really. If it does look like oil's leaking from the bell housing, is likely that the flywheel seals leaking.
