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JBohannon · 01-15-2012, 09:30 PM

Well I just started my 29 Model A for the first time and although it never leaked oil on my garage when I started it for the first time it darn near poured oil from between the pan and flywheel housing. Is it the seal. How hard to replace. I am a newbie.

Gary WA · 01-15-2012, 10:11 PM

Did you overfill oil> 5qts total. I/2 usually stays in pan when drained.Refill with 4qts.?

Mike V. Florida · 01-16-2012, 02:58 AM

My first guess is the oil pan gasket slipped when putting it on.

Frank Miller · 01-16-2012, 02:23 PM

Did you have the motor out? I have heard of people forgetting the gasket between the engine and flywheel cover.

columbiA · 01-16-2012, 10:14 PM

Since its not leaking out the hole on bottom of F-wheel hsg,it likely is leaking from either the rear of the pan gasket or a poor or no gasket between block & FW hsg.Clean off the area with some brake cleaner spray,fire up the engine & see where its leaking.If leaking from back of camshaft,engine will need to come out.If you need to replace gasket,remember to add shims equal to gasket thickness between top ears on FW hsg& block.

Benson · 01-17-2012, 12:00 AM

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JB,

Stock engine has no rear crankshaft seal ... just a slinger and drain tube.

This might help:

http://antiqueenginerebuilding.com/REARMAINLEAK.html

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Originally Posted by JBohannon

Well I just started my 29 Model A for the first time and although it never leaked oil on my garage when I started it for the first time it darn near poured oil from between the pan and flywheel housing. Is it the seal. How hard to replace. I am a newbie.

Pepsi Mechanic · 01-17-2012, 06:03 AM

I would run the engine for a bit .. let the oil level find itself .. it will probably stop leaking ... I run 4.5 quarts in our truck ( just below the full mark ) and it is fine .. anymore and she runs out the back like yours ..As Benson said , there is no rear oil seal on a stock engine

sukhoi · 02-02-2012, 11:34 AM

Might be the gasket is missing between the F/W housing and engine.

V4F · 02-02-2012, 01:48 PM

the gasket they are talking about seals the rear of the cam . very important & will pour oil till you have none ................ steve

01-15-2012, 09:30 PM	#1
JBohannon Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 180	Model A oil leak Well I just started my 29 Model A for the first time and although it never leaked oil on my garage when I started it for the first time it darn near poured oil from between the pan and flywheel housing. Is it the seal. How hard to replace. I am a newbie.

01-15-2012, 10:11 PM	#2
Gary WA Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Clinton,WA/Whidbey Island Posts: 4,124	Re: Model A oil leak Did you overfill oil> 5qts total. I/2 usually stays in pan when drained.Refill with 4qts.? __________________ www.whidbeymodelaclub.com

01-16-2012, 02:58 AM	#3
Mike V. Florida Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 14,054	Re: Model A oil leak My first guess is the oil pan gasket slipped when putting it on. __________________ What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II

01-16-2012, 02:23 PM	#4
Frank Miller Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Auburn, MA Posts: 2,106	Re: Model A oil leak Did you have the motor out? I have heard of people forgetting the gasket between the engine and flywheel cover. __________________ “The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is true.” ~ Ezra Pound

01-16-2012, 10:14 PM	#5
columbiA Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: B.C. Canada Posts: 1,746	Re: Model A oil leak Since its not leaking out the hole on bottom of F-wheel hsg,it likely is leaking from either the rear of the pan gasket or a poor or no gasket between block & FW hsg.Clean off the area with some brake cleaner spray,fire up the engine & see where its leaking.If leaking from back of camshaft,engine will need to come out.If you need to replace gasket,remember to add shims equal to gasket thickness between top ears on FW hsg& block.

01-17-2012, 06:03 AM	#7
Pepsi Mechanic Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: London , Ontario , Canada Posts: 229	Re: Model A oil leak I would run the engine for a bit .. let the oil level find itself .. it will probably stop leaking ... I run 4.5 quarts in our truck ( just below the full mark ) and it is fine .. anymore and she runs out the back like yours ..As Benson said , there is no rear oil seal on a stock engine

02-02-2012, 11:34 AM	#8
sukhoi Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 47	Re: Model A oil leak Might be the gasket is missing between the F/W housing and engine.

02-02-2012, 01:48 PM	#9
V4F Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: ca. Posts: 2,522	Re: Model A oil leak the gasket they are talking about seals the rear of the cam . very important & will pour oil till you have none ................ steve __________________ V4f