Rain Rain GO AWAY! Need to fix my oil leaks today

Shifty2006

With a garage too small to work on the baja in it i have to roll it in the drive way with no windows in my baja making it way too wet to work or drive in the rain. I say GO AWAY RAIN!! With that being said. I am having a leak behind my main pulley i also had a leak from my distributer but was utl the o ring that was supposed to be in there so i put one in fixed it but now focusing on the other leak i have been reading it may be caused by a venting problem but i have both valve covers and the oil filler tube running hose up to around my rear window to a air filter vent area. the air filter vent has what looks like white milk all over it when i look inside it with the filter off. which is water mixed with oil? not chocolate milk but like thicker white milk? anyway ideas on what i have going on?
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dirtkeeper · Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:12 am Post subject:

the milky stuff in the oil is cause you dont get to drive your car enough. I have the same problem. Its because you need to drive your car hard enough for it to get hot enough to burn out the natural moisture that collects. I've been all short trips lately and the oil never gets hot enough.

Russ Wolfe · Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:31 am Post subject:

If you are leaking at the pulley, then you do not have enough crankcase ventilation.
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Shifty2006 · Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:54 pm Post subject:

Does anyone have any sugestions for a solution?
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sloboatnova · Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 2:17 pm Post subject:

Try running one of the vents to your air cleaner.
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Shifty2006 · Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 5:37 pm Post subject:

I have both valve covers and the oil fill vents all running hose to it's own air filter. You think I should run one to the carbs air filter?
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KrAzY-BaJa · Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:11 pm Post subject:

you dont really want the vents going up cause all the moisture will steam up, go up the vent tube,turn back into water/oil mixture (which is the white stuff) and that runs right back into your motor.
put a 90* fitting on them and point them down.

the pulley will leak when the case is not venting properly.
also with the little air filters at the end of each hose. when the filters get wet or even damp with moisture and oil they wont allow any air to pass (vent)
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baja5 · Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:16 pm Post subject:

Do you have any kind of sand seal? I've had mine leak a bit after a year or so, once i replace it it tends to quit.
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Shifty2006 · Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 8:38 pm Post subject:

So i need to turn the 90s on my valve covers vents downward, is it still fine that the hoses off the valve covers go up by the window to that filter set up? also the filter on it was covered with oil dirt and water. As for the sand seal im not sure what type of seal is on it. is there anyway to tell besides pulling the pulley off.? And another question im getting alot of exhaust black soot (not sure how to spell it) blowing through where my trimil goes from 4-1 (where the springs are) how can i minimize that?
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larryvance66 · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:30 pm Post subject:

X2 what Baja5 said. If that's your car in your avatar I'm sure you have a sand seal. It's probably worn and leaking. The car I bought had the same problem after venting the H$ll out of the motor I pulled the pully and fixed the real problem.
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Shifty2006 · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:36 pm Post subject:

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This is a diagram of how my motor is set up. With the oil leak i cant tell if its coming from the seal or the p.o has alot of rtv around the square i think oil pump under the pulley.. Do you guys think from this that the ventalation should be adequate. And i drained the fluid from the motor and i have a very strong smell of gas ideas anything helps.
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Ozzaholic · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:18 pm Post subject:

I've had the fuel in the motor problem before and it was a bad fuel pump, but since you have an electronic pump, I have read about too much pressure. When you shut off the pressure leaks through the carb and into the cylinders and past the rings.
Get another opinion (I've never had duals before), but I think an inline regulator at about 3 PSI is what you need.

For the oil I would suspect the pulley seal over the pump, but I'm not looking at it. PO might have been chasing a leak and RTV'd the wrong thing.
I've also heard of the pressure springs sticking for the oil pressure??

tanner_122 · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:42 pm Post subject:

larryvance66 · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:11 pm Post subject:

I still think you have a bad sand seal behind the pully. Just pull it and see.
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Shifty2006 · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:54 pm Post subject:

Copy thanks for the info guys. So on the shopping list for this weekend i need a inline fuel regulator set about 3 psi, a oil change, and sand seal. How hard is it to change the oil pump gasket while im there anyway changing the seal just in case? the carbs i think are empi i couldnt find any numbers on them but the red covers say empi. the filters themselves on the carbs seem like they are really thin and i found quite a bit of dust inside the carbs any ideas for better filters? again i appreciate all the help i keep trying to find the answers by searching around on here but im definately not good with computers.
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Shifty2006 · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:56 pm Post subject:

Almost forgot i know like beer everyone has there preference in oil to run but any suggestions on mine. im not sure the size of the motor the guy said it was a 2050? i tried looking up the numbers but like i said i am not good at this computer stuff.
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