LX450 engine rebuild or upgrade to V8 (1 Viewer)

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Very true.

I recently did the front crank seal and the oil pump cover O-ring. Everything under there got all sparkly clean and was nice and shiny. When I was putting it back together I noticed a tiny bit of old dirty oil weeping from the front pan arch. It was just a trace but I knew then that the oil leak wasn't fixed. So a future project will be to drop the pans and seal the pan arches. Yuck.

Lucky for me that my leak is NOT 1qt every 500 miles. I am hoping that it is not even 10 drops every 500 miles.

-B-

My motor is kinda the same...note a leaker but caked on oil all over and no drips...which is not okay with my super anal retentiveness.

So I'm thinking of doing a PM head gasket when I put on the S/C and at that time, it will get everything but the rear main.

I actually once pulled a perfectly good 3VZE and rebuilt it just b/c the oil was all over the place it looked like a bitch to pull the pan w/o pulling the motor.

The good news on that 3VZE...my dad is still driving the truck it's in!