southernS4

i have a oil leak coming out of my bellhousing


i hav read all the threads on leaks from the bellhousing and i hav pulled my trannie all i have left is fly wheel but i run out of time tonight so i will remove that tomorow is there anything i need to know about when removing counter weight and flt wheel? what is the big brass nut in the center if the fly wheel for?

im prity sure the oil leak is coming out of the rear seal or stat gear but am intrested i the oil pedistal o-ring could this cause oil to drip from the counter weight?

also there was mention about movement of the essentric shaft once the stat gear is removed beingin cause for rebuild can anyone explane this to me please

any help/expertease or addvice in this area would be muchley apprecaited

thanx

Aaron Cake

iTrader: (1)

Unless the car is non-stock, the flywheel and counterweight are cast as one piece.

That big nut isn't brass, it is the steel flywheel retaining nut. It is 54MM or 2 1/8" and torqued to about 300 FT-LBs. You will need an impact gun to remove it unless you can somehow manage to work a large breaker bar under the car (I find this to be very dangerous).

The oil pedestal is a common leak and the oil will end up everywhere on that side of the engine. It could easily look like a rear seal leak.

Stationary gear seals almost never leak, but I guess it makes sense to replace it if you think there may be a problem. Just do not let the engine rotate when you have the stationary gear out or it will be a hellish job to get it back in.

southernS4

i assume the car is stock but you know what they say when tou assume you make a *** out of u and me

thankyou for you reply very helpfull i still puzzled to what the bolts around that 54mm nut are for? do they need removed aswell or do i just take the big boy off?

Aaron Cake

iTrader: (1)

Ah, because you mention that there are bolts surrounding the main flywheel nut, it sounds as though you have an aftermarket flywheel. In which case it will be bolted to a counterweight. You will first need to remove it from the counterweight, and then remove the main flywheel nut to get the counterweight off.

southernS4

ahh ok ausum thanx heaps for your time mate much appreicated do u think that maby it was a factory auto? is there any eazy way to tell? it seams to have a lot of spare plugs and lines not conected to any thing?? ii have jacked up a loan of a rattle gun this weekend so i gunna get the flywheel of and try locate the leak ive also got replacement o-rings for the filter pedastal mayaswell do that to allthough i am starting to think buy a rebuilt block and start from scrach mite be on the cards for later in the year as the stock motor apperaes to have been molested buy its previous owners lol


ill post sum pix and let you know how i get on with the leak

agaun thank you for your help mate ledgend!!!!!!!!