4.0 oil leak
Sep 18, 2012 | 08:01 AM
#28
Teamspeed Senior Member
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 488
From: South Florida
I dont have a 4.0 yet, but this is what ive been told;
According to a master tech at the dealer, a campaign is about to be released to replace and re-glue the engine oil galley plugs. This is what happened late last year at Laguna with a 4.0 that instantly puked its oil all over the track, one of the plugs came out.
Oil galleys are the access holes left after machining in the oil passages into the engine block. They glue the metal plugs, then tap them into the openings to seal them up forever. During manufacture, some plugs were not correctly installed.
It is a pretty easy repair and is done with the engine in place.
According to a master tech at the dealer, a campaign is about to be released to replace and re-glue the engine oil galley plugs. This is what happened late last year at Laguna with a 4.0 that instantly puked its oil all over the track, one of the plugs came out.
Oil galleys are the access holes left after machining in the oil passages into the engine block. They glue the metal plugs, then tap them into the openings to seal them up forever. During manufacture, some plugs were not correctly installed.
It is a pretty easy repair and is done with the engine in place.
Sep 18, 2012 | 08:08 AM
#29
Teamspeed Junior Member
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 37
I dont have a 4.0 yet, but this is what ive been told;
According to a master tech at the dealer, a campaign is about to be released to replace and re-glue the engine oil galley plugs. This is what happened late last year at Laguna with a 4.0 that instantly puked its oil all over the track, one of the plugs came out.
Oil galleys are the access holes left after machining in the oil passages into the engine block. They glue the metal plugs, then tap them into the openings to seal them up forever. During manufacture, some plugs were not correctly installed.
It is a pretty easy repair and is done with the engine in place.
According to a master tech at the dealer, a campaign is about to be released to replace and re-glue the engine oil galley plugs. This is what happened late last year at Laguna with a 4.0 that instantly puked its oil all over the track, one of the plugs came out.
Oil galleys are the access holes left after machining in the oil passages into the engine block. They glue the metal plugs, then tap them into the openings to seal them up forever. During manufacture, some plugs were not correctly installed.
It is a pretty easy repair and is done with the engine in place.
exactly
just taken delivery of mine from service
Jan 15, 2013 | 09:21 AM
#30
Teamspeed Rookie
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 9
I dont have a 4.0 yet, but this is what ive been told;
According to a master tech at the dealer, a campaign is about to be released to replace and re-glue the engine oil galley plugs. This is what happened late last year at Laguna with a 4.0 that instantly puked its oil all over the track, one of the plugs came out.
Oil galleys are the access holes left after machining in the oil passages into the engine block. They glue the metal plugs, then tap them into the openings to seal them up forever. During manufacture, some plugs were not correctly installed.
It is a pretty easy repair and is done with the engine in place.
According to a master tech at the dealer, a campaign is about to be released to replace and re-glue the engine oil galley plugs. This is what happened late last year at Laguna with a 4.0 that instantly puked its oil all over the track, one of the plugs came out.
Oil galleys are the access holes left after machining in the oil passages into the engine block. They glue the metal plugs, then tap them into the openings to seal them up forever. During manufacture, some plugs were not correctly installed.
It is a pretty easy repair and is done with the engine in place.