oil leak from heck!

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

On a small block chevy, you need to silicone the inside of the balancer snout as well. Otherwise, the oil will travel between the crank gear and balancer snout, then out the snout.

You'd really need to explain that one to me..... :>)



What I've always done is to use a little gasket sealer (never silicone since it will not stand up to oil and gas) on the keyway in the crank/balancer.

Also - what a lot of people FAIL to do, is to put a little oil on the balancer exterior surface that meets the SEAL ---- fail to do that and you ruin the seal surface on the first fire up.