Oil pedestal leak
05-28-17, 06:38 AM
#1
Oil pedestal leak
Well I'm pretty baffled right now. A few weeks ago I changed my oil and oil filter. Put on a HKS filter and 20w-50 oil. As soon as I was finished and moved the car, I realized there was a puddle of oil under the car. After further inspection, I discovered that the oil was leaking from where the pedestal attaches to the engine. I ordered new o rings from Atkins Rotary and installed them last night. After a quick test drive, I looked under the car and it was still leaking oil. So today I removed the pedestal and swapped it with the pedestal from my spare motor (neither pedestals had any cracks or damage). I checked to make sure there were no cracks or damage on the motor where the pedestal attaches to, which there weren't. I made sure everything was clean and the brand new o rings didn't get pinched or moved out of place at all. I made sure everything was completely tightened down....still leaks oil. Soooo any ideas why my pedestal is leaking still with brand new o rings and no cracks? 
05-29-17, 08:58 PM
#4
RX-7 Bad Ass
iTrader: (55)
Could be the crush washers on the banjo bolt for the oil cooler line. Or the oil pressure sensor, it's in a similar area.
Clean everything VERY well with brake cleaner, get a good light in there so you can clearly see, and have someone start the car. That area sees a lot of oil pressure, if there's a leak it shouldn't be too hard to track down.
Dale
Clean everything VERY well with brake cleaner, get a good light in there so you can clearly see, and have someone start the car. That area sees a lot of oil pressure, if there's a leak it shouldn't be too hard to track down.
Dale