<VV> REAR ENGINE HOUSING OIL LEAK?

[shortle]

Hi Carl,
I agree with Matt. Just put some loctite (enough to cover the hole completely around the edge) and be done with it. Though this is a potential oil drip, it is not a guaranteed leak such as non viton o rings.
Timothy Shortle in (no snow) Durango Colorado


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>From: Arlette Pat <arlettecarl at hotmail.com>
>Sent: Dec 12, 2010 10:05 PM
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> REAR ENGINE HOUSING OIL LEAK?
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>Hi everyone,
> 
>I have just read with interest an article written by Milton Binon that has been reproduced on the CORSA Corvair Techinical Guide. Mitlon discusses a problem with oil leaking from the rear engine housing on almost every Corvair engine he has ever seen.
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>He goes on to explain that he only successfully fixed this oil leak after taking the rear engine housing to a welding shop and having the welding shop people 'Heli-Ar weld the hole' shut. The hole, that leaks its seems is where the shaft that holds the driven gear is located. 
> 
>The engine for our Corvair is rebuilt, completely reassembled and almost ready to reinstall. It looks better than brand new as it sits bolted to the engine standard
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>My concerned is however that in this rebuild I did nothing to the rear engine housing, apart from a detailed cleaning and the use of new gaskets I did nothing else to it. 
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>After reading Milton's advice I am seriously thinking that I should perhaps back track, remove this rear engine housing and have it welded shut so that I can avoid a future oil leak that from all accounts occurs on almost every Corvair engine. Its unfortunate as I feel I am going over previous work but it seems if I don't that my nice clean engine will not be clean for very long after its first start.
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>Has anyone had experience with this issue?
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>Hope everyone has a great Christmas and New Year.
> 
>CARL L. KELSEN
>RHD 1965 CORVAIR MONZA CONVERTIBLE
>Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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