OIL GONE! ZIP! NADA!

[GregH]

Originally Posted by northchannelsailor

It has occurred to me after looking at this kind of job, what likely was the cause of the cracked oil pan. I can imagine a pry bar being slipped under the engine in either the installation or in the shaft alignment. Looking closely at the pan I see a gouge where the crack is. FYI don’t pry your engine into place with metal bar!

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I wonder if this is why mine had a huge crack and 1/8" displacement upwards! I couldn't understand how water freezing could do that and the rest of the engine so far is fine. It was on the engine that came with the boat that I'm now rebuilding (with a "new" oil pan)

[northchannelsailor]

Originally Posted by GregH

I wonder if this is why mine had a huge crack and 1/8" displacement upwards! I couldn't understand how water freezing could do that and the rest of the engine so far is fine. It was on the engine that came with the boat that I'm now rebuilding (with a "new" oil pan)

Reality was defying logic starring at four litres of oil in my bilge. There was absolutely no reason it should be there lol. The crack was not visible until the engine was pulled. Very unlikely to have this happen but some of us have all the luck.

[GregH]

Originally Posted by northchannelsailor

Reality was defying logic starring at four litres of oil in my bilge. There was absolutely no reason it should be there lol. The crack was not visible until the engine was pulled. Very unlikely to have this happen but some of us have all the luck.

Very much a Sherlock Holmes moment.

[Jim.B.MacK]

Excellent thread super interesting great that it is resolved!
Congrats!

Jim