Bell housing/gear box oil leak

[v8dave]

The problem sealing these rear seal carriers to an assembled oily engine is that you can't clean the joint between the block and the alloy upper sump properly to get the sealant to stick.

[oOplumberOo]

The problem sealing these rear seal carriers to an assembled oily engine is that you can't clean the joint between the block and the alloy upper sump properly to get the sealant to stick.

its a case of how far do you go? , for me i just cleaned it out with brake cleaner and blue paper towel,the join on the outside cleaned up fine then leveled the join/groove off with sealant and assembled the plate seal, obviously further through the join would be where it would seep through, so really to do the crank seal job properly then the sump and that alloy peice should come off and all be cleaned and re sealed ....

[karl]

The problem sealing these rear seal carriers to an assembled oily engine is that you can't clean the joint between the block and the alloy upper sump properly to get the sealant to stick.

its a case of how far do you go? , for me i just cleaned it out with brake cleaner and blue paper towel,the join on the outside cleaned up fine then leveled the join/groove off with sealant and assembled the plate seal, obviously further through the join would be where it would seep through, so really to do the crank seal job properly then the sump and that alloy peice should come off and all be cleaned and re sealed ....

Then you will have to remove the timing cover to remove the mid sump

[oOplumberOo]

The problem sealing these rear seal carriers to an assembled oily engine is that you can't clean the joint between the block and the alloy upper sump properly to get the sealant to stick.

its a case of how far do you go? , for me i just cleaned it out with brake cleaner and blue paper towel,the join on the outside cleaned up fine then leveled the join/groove off with sealant and assembled the plate seal, obviously further through the join would be where it would seep through, so really to do the crank seal job properly then the sump and that alloy peice should come off and all be cleaned and re sealed ....

Then you will have to remove the timing cover to remove the mid sump

FFS lol , atleast after that its done right? , glad i didnt give it anymore thought and called it a day at just cleaning the join groove out!!