i swear ive done everything to try to stop this leak, new seal, packed it, put a sleve on the pully, and ran oil on the top of the head to prim the pump and when i went to start it, dam thing still leaks. anyone have any ideas why?

 

I am guessing from your vague post it is your front crakshaft oil seal, however that is only a shot in the dark. There are so many other things it could be in that general area like timing cover, oil pan, but that is assuming it is for a 22R motor. See we could go on for days on this...

If you ask for help, you need to give us all the information needed to help you. Like what engine, etc. We can't read your mind

 

sorry i was just really pissed at it and had to run to hurry for work. yes its the front main seal where the crank pully is at. the motor is a 22re from a 1989 toyota pickup. the leak is pretty bad, the leak sprays back while the engines running and drips out pretty bad when its off.

 

did you replace the seal / o ring between the oil pump and timing cover? i had replaced the pump seal and installed a sleeve on a 82 22r, and it was the problem all along.

 

You probably need a repair sleeve . The crankshaft repair sleeve covers the groove worn by a full circle front main seal , buy a crank shaft repair sleeve from any parts store .It should have a steel sleeve and adhesive with it . It better to clean the bottom onf the engine with degreaser then , crank it up and look.

 

yeah the seal between the oil pump and the timing cover is fine, i just got a new gasket for it and even rtv-ed it. and theres a new sleeve on the crank pully so that shouldnt be a problem.

 

Is it possible that you might have put the front seal in a little crooked ?

 

Is the sleeve on crooked? Did you use a new seal and grease the lip before installing the pulley?

Have you checked your PCV valve? If crankcase pressure isn't being released, oil will leak out through the weakest point, which could be the front seal.

 

yeah, i greased up the lip and im pretty sure its strait.. i leveled it with a strait edge. and the pcv valve is a month old so im sure thats still good, and the oil presure gauge goes up about half way cold while movin, quarter way cold at idle, nowhere warm idle and almost quarter way warm movin. i think that engine is just screwed.

 

Is the timing cover new? Just wondering if maybe the oil pump is off center.

 

Sometimes pounding in the new seal will knock the spring out of the lip. I always rub heavy grease around the inside lip to help hold it in there.

 

no the timing cover isnt new. how could i tell if its off center? o and all the bolt are screwed in all the way.

 

Did you put rtv on the top passenger side bolt ?? If you did not it will leak !.

 

are you leaking from the valve cover and its just running down the engine?

 

yeah, i put rtv around the whole gasket portion of the oil pump, and its defidentlyi leaking from the crank seal cause i put my hand under the crank while it was running and it was spraying oil

 

i think im just going to get a new engine. has anyone done the 7mgte swap cause i see how to do it on supracharged.com but i kinda wanna know how hard it was to do, how long and if they ran into any difficulties

 

have you checked for a crack in the pump or timing cover?

 

no theres no cranks, there was a hole in the cover from a previous timing chain incident but thats been fixed

 

power washer engine and degrease all the crud off. and re-check for any signs of oil leaks

 

there are none, its just that front main seal