3, 2, 1, Go!

So here's a new exercise challenge for you:

1. 8:30 am - run a 5k
2. 9:30 am - drink a few free beers after run 
3. 10:30 am - eat an early lunch
4. 12:00 pm - pull a motor out of your truck
5. 3:30 pm - take a shower
6. 5:00 pm - drive 30 miles for a dinner
7. 8:30 pm - drive home

Last Tuesday I decided to wait until dark and do a cannon ball run down I-30.  In the dark, and with numerous citations looming, Doug and I drove out a few miles west and back.  At 65 mph we were turning 2,000 rpm and the truck was pretty smooth.  

This gave me a chance to figure out several issues.  The PCV valve that came with the motor was not letting enough vacuum into the crankcase so the filter cap on the air intake side was puking out on the valve cover.  I got a specified one for the motor and no more puking.  The belt squeak was still pretty bad but seemed to be calming down towards the end of the run.  I am thinking that the high volume of belt conditioner that I put on prior to fixing the bottom pulley is causing this.  But my larger concern was the oil leak at the rear of the motor.  

That evening I ordered parts from Summit; rear main seal, oil pump, oil pan, oil pan gasket.  The motor is coming out.

So we yanked the motor out and got to the vitals at the back of the motor.  The oil pan gasket that I installed looked like it was in good shape and doing its job.  The rear main looked to be leaking BUT the camshaft freeze plug had oil on the bottom of it.  Hmm.

On our way home from dinner a thought occurred to me so when we arrived I immediately wiped of the cam freeze plug edges really good and went to bed.