Crankshaft Oil Slinger - Do I need it???

[LONN17]

With my double roller timing set the crank oil slinger does not fit between the crank timing gear and the timing chain cover. In this situation do I omit this part or are there thinner versions available?

Thanks
Trevor

 

[SoCalCruising]

I believe that if you omit, you run a good chance of having an oil leak at the front seal.

 

[Hack]

I accidentally left the oil slinger out of my 250 straight six when I rebuilt it. It didn't leak the first year, but some time during the second summer after the rebuild it started leaking. I was too lazy to tear everything apart to fix it, so I just drove it. The leak was never so much that I would run low on oil between changes, but it was ugly on the motor. I ran it for 8 years before I decided to pull it in favor of a 302, but the oil leak was never more than an annoyance.

.. your results may vary..

 

[LONN17]

Thanks for the info guys. I did a search too and found pretty much the same answers. Its together now and I will see how it is. If it begins to leak too bad I will just have to switch back to a standard timing set. Its easy enough to replace in a year or so if warranted.

Trevor

 

[tylerrocks]

I fit my oil slinger with my double roller and still had a leak up front Just finished rebuilding the front assembly (from the timing cover out) and put a new one piece gasket on the oil pan. No more leaks