When I put on crank/alt pulleys, when removing the old crank pulley, some oil dripped out through the damper behind it. Should I be concerned about this? I just wiped up the drips of oil and put on the new smaller pulley... is it normal for a little oil to come out like this?

BTW, my $.02 re. the pulleys - definitely seeing the power drop at idle (6-700), down to 12- V range w/lights dimming, but normal charging ~14 V above idle... I do a lot of city driving with this (to/from school), so I'll post if this causes any problems (e.g., kills new battery). A definite bit of increased more low-end power, so I'm happy.

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Joel Geerling
91 Formula, 305 TBI
Edelbrock 14x3 open element
TBI 1/2" spacer
Hypertech street chip
Pulleys and exhaust are next!

 

Thats usually just oil that creeps up the snout of the crank between the balancer.

No biggie.

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[This message has been edited by Engineboy (edited October 28, 2001).]

 

thx for the reply, engineboy.

 

If you think it's leaking at the balancer, they make a sleeve ($2) to put on it to seal up to the timing cover correctly where the seal usually wears a groove in the balancer neck. You have to have a machine shop press it on, but it will save you alot of money over a new balancer ($75). Check with your local machine shop, they probably have several in stock since this is a common Chevy problem.

[This message has been edited by jag (edited October 28, 2001).]