If you're talking about the join
between the bottom of the engine, and the mount plate, there just shouldn't be
any pressure there.
Yes. That's what I thought. There was air bubbling out at
a single point as though someone was blowing with a straw from the other
side.
Next question- what is that fitting that's shown in
your picture?
That's
the redrive return
Rusty (decided to wait for UPS to
finish putting my engine together)
I didn't know UPS offered that service.
:)
John, is the oil drain hole partially
blocked by the plate? Could some turbo parts have slid down the hose to get
trapped?
Turbo parts? What? you mean bits of turbo? I hope not.
I was thinking about hot oil landing on the mount
plate from the redrive and turbo returns, then running along the plate and out
of the join rather than finding its way back down to the sump. Doesn't explain
the bubbling air though. I could try the fluorescent thing tomorrow, but as
Ernest said - it's pretty obvious that I have a hole between the engine and
the mount plate.
John 