09-04-2002, 04:24 PM
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They woudn't have to pull the motor; just yank the tranny, bellhousing, pressure plate, disk, and flywheel and there they are. I have seen several fords leak from the galley plugs at the rear of the block alongside the cam. The cam plug is a definate possibility as well. The dye is the only way to find out where that oil is getting out. It will creap along the seams and drip off the lowest point, often originating at an intake end seal or valve cover gasket, when you were pretty darned sure it was the rear main. Who's oil pan is it? I would have checked the rails for flatness for sure, most oil pans are not flat. Alot of 351 windsor oil pans leak from right behind the starter, it runs back and you don't know where it was getting out of until you put the flouro dye in there.
You could be sucking oil past your valve guides as well, depends on which valve stem seals were installed. Sucking it though the intake ports from the lifter valley is one more possibility. Don't worry unless it doesn't go away or gets worse in the next 1000 miles.
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In a fit of 16 year old genius, I looked down through the carb while cranking it to see if fuel was flowing, and it was. Flowing straight up in a vapor cloud, around my head, on fire.
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