| Author | Message | ||
     Orion1 |
2000 M2 oil is leaking out between the rear-most pushrod cover and the little baseplate at the base of the tube. I've removed the baseplate twice, cleaned & checked the L-shaped rubber seal, and the seal appears to be fine. I know NHRS Performance has billet baseplate covers, but the leak is between the pushrod cover & the cover plate. I sure don't want to drop the engine to change the gasket unless I have too. http://www.nrhsperformance.com/partsvalvetrain.shtml Could anything else besides a bad seal be CAUSING this? (Putting in too much oil???) The seal was replaced last fall when I had the front base gasket replaced. The M2 has 23,000 miles on it & this is the first time it's leaked here. The thing, you see, is that I'm going to Barber MSP (http://www.barbermotorsports.com/)for the March 19-20 track weekend! This leak is letting oil get on my rear tire and making a general mess. I need it fixed fast. (Anybody else going to Barber that weekend?????) | ||
| Buelliedan |
I believe it is a bad pushrod tube bottom seal as you already have guessed. It seems that they get old and hard causing them to leak even though they look fine. I just replaced mine on my S2 also. While doing it I installed the new NRHS billet baseplates. they are awesome but you really have to take your time installing them as they have a tendancy to crush the seal if done wrong. My solution was to oil up the pushrod tubes so the seal would slide easily. |
