Just noticed this week I've got a small oil leak on the Cobra clone. Oil is collecting on the lip of the passenger valve cover, and dripping on to the exhaust header. I'm going to check it out this weekend, so I was hoping you guys could give me a list of things to look at. Here's a photo to show what I'm talking about.
A bit of detective work brought up the following:
* I don't see oil residue anywhere else, nothing on the firewall or on the transmission.
* One of the plug wires is soaked in oil, but the others seem to be OK.
* I was about 2/3 of a quart low. This is the first oil change on this engine that the level's been low.
* Before I installed the Cobra engine, I replaced the valve cover gaskets with the blue rubber Fel-Pro gaskets. So the gaskets are 4 years old.
The only place I can think that the oil could be leaking from is the valve cover bolt holes. Maybe they're not torqued down? I'd love any ideas anyone has.
A bit of detective work brought up the following:
* I don't see oil residue anywhere else, nothing on the firewall or on the transmission.
* One of the plug wires is soaked in oil, but the others seem to be OK.
* I was about 2/3 of a quart low. This is the first oil change on this engine that the level's been low.
* Before I installed the Cobra engine, I replaced the valve cover gaskets with the blue rubber Fel-Pro gaskets. So the gaskets are 4 years old.
The only place I can think that the oil could be leaking from is the valve cover bolt holes. Maybe they're not torqued down? I'd love any ideas anyone has.
