My weekend project:
I picked up an MSHA grade oil drain line to replace my old
Vortech hose. It's got some age and is dry rotted. Leaks oil at the pan. I also picked up a new 180 degree Mr Gasket thermostat to replace the one I put in during my rebuild almost a year ago. I had installed a 192 degree factory temp stat and figured this was a good time to replace. I also picked up a new upper radiator hose to cut and fit to my Vortech custom radiator hose pipe. It is also leaking a little.
I fully removed the super and cleaned it up while it was out. I noticed there is oil seeping out from the air inlet. There is also oil seeping out the air outlet inside the air intake tube going to TB. Is this normal?
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So I pull the thermostat housing and this is what happened. Cheap AZ therm just blew apart. Lucky it was working at all. Might not have been. On a couple of cold days like 10 degrees at night my car never got over 100 degrees but I do have a huge radiator and electric fan now. Fan never came on of course.
This one was at AZ but in the performance/racing section. My research shows its a lot better quality. Plus jumping back down to 180 I should do my engine some good and maybe gain 1-2 hp. Screw economy, that's not why were here.
Installed the correct way. I put a thin coat of black RTV on both sides of the gasket before installing.
New hose compared to custom Vortech setup. The angles change to clear the super.
You can also see how badly the old one was worn out, it just got so loose and worn it just doesn't seal up over the water neck.
I got everything back together yesterday and ran it into town. Drove it a couple hours today as well. Beautiful out. Got home and there is not a drop in the driveway and I double checked the top of the timing cover. Bone dry baby.
Last weekend I got underneath the car and found I needed to tighten my oil pan bolts up again since the rebuild. They were a little loose and it was leaking just a bit. Also tightened up my oil sensor probe on side of oil pan. And of course my Fumoto valve was leaking too. Gave it a little turn extra too. All bone dry today after driving.