Two days ago I swapped in a new oil cooler and filled Vanessa up with Lubro Moly. There was a lot of oil spilled from the faulty cooler and I thought I had cleaned up 90% of it from the underside of the car. I did not remove the trays, but thought I could see in pretty well and there did not appear to be much oil there, some, not a lot.
Today, I go out and check and there are three droplets and a smearing of what looked like new oil. WTF? I removed the front tray which is now coated in more oil on the underside, cleaned it up and then inspected for oil leakage. The new cooler is dry, so no faulty install on my part. I did see a drip coming from the plastic radiator shroud that sits behind the oil cooler. I separated the cover about 1/4" and cleaned it up and there was a slow seep. I'm guessing this was from the old oil explosion and it is making its way out?
I don't know what to make of the oil that looked new. The only place that had a drip that I was not expecting was the filer cap. What is the bolt in the middle for? Mine is stripped and that might has a slow leak, I don't know yet.
Thanks,
Chris
Today, I go out and check and there are three droplets and a smearing of what looked like new oil. WTF? I removed the front tray which is now coated in more oil on the underside, cleaned it up and then inspected for oil leakage. The new cooler is dry, so no faulty install on my part. I did see a drip coming from the plastic radiator shroud that sits behind the oil cooler. I separated the cover about 1/4" and cleaned it up and there was a slow seep. I'm guessing this was from the old oil explosion and it is making its way out?
I don't know what to make of the oil that looked new. The only place that had a drip that I was not expecting was the filer cap. What is the bolt in the middle for? Mine is stripped and that might has a slow leak, I don't know yet.
Thanks,
Chris