<VV> Oil Leak

[Tony Underwood]

At 06:45 hours 12/10/2004 -0500, dcvjrv@covad.net wrote:
>On my 1964 Spyder, I now have oil that is being sprayed around the engine by
>the belt.  I appears that it is coming from around the harmonic balancer 
>area.
>Any thoughts on the leak.  It started suddenly.



How close is the outer ring of the balancer to the oil filter?    If the
balancer starts to dismantle itself, its outer ring can shift a little to
the rear and saw a hole in the oil filter.    I've had this happen twice.    


tony..