This is my first rotary rebuild, enjoying it so far. I was disassembling the motor; while I was removing the tension bolts, a little bit of coolant came out with each bolt. Is this normal? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

 

the tension bolts hold the motor (and all its fluids) together with tension. when you removed the bolts you released this tension and its very likely that coolant leaked between the plates and onto the bolts. make sense?

 

think of it like a big stack of pancakes filled on the inside with syrup. if you lift up a pancake the syrup will spill out. im hungry...

 

Thanks, that does help.

 

The bolts go right through the water jacket, so they will be wet with coolant. That's why they have a Dowty seal on each head.

 

Thanks. I thought I had a big problem when pulling those out last night.