Oil Leaks and the Neighbors

Originally from November 30, 2010

I got the car off the jack stands yesterday and drove it around a bit. Shifts fine, the tranny feels good, and the car feels good, except that it bogs on throttle application. We'll try to get to that today or tomorrow or all throughout the race weekend.

Oil pressure seems a bit low, which has me a bit concerned. 37 psi at 2500 rpm, just under 25 psi at idle.

And we have a small leak up near the new oil cooler. We also had a bigger leak out the front pulley area that was odd. It did not leak while running the motor. We didn't see oil sprayed all over, just puddling under the car and on the cross member after we parked it. There will trails of the drips on the pulley. And behind the pulley everything was dry, so it probably was not problem with the seal. Could oil be leaking out the key-way, or under the little shim thin we slipped over the pulley to get a good seal? We removed the pulley, put gasket sealer everywhere oil could possibly get through, found a good washer and put it back together and run the motor until warm, and our neighbor complained. So far no leaks, but we still have our neighbor to keep happy.

Today we put in the wiper motor we've borrowed from Alan's car and will finish hooking up the headlights. Rain is very likely during this race.

Other than that, we're learning to ignore the odd rattles and noises and getting to appreciate how primitive this car is.