Starting to think I'm fixing the wrong problem
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Well, after a couple more hours of cleaning the underneath side of the engine I was finally able to locate the leak. It is the head gasket.
I made sure everything was clean and dry underneath. Idled it for about 20 minutes and just barely say a slight wet spot near the top but wasn't sure if it was oil or residual water. Drove to the parts store for some oil dye, UV light and glasses. Dropped the dye in and drove home. Never went over 35 to make sure the oil didn't blow up if it was the oil pan.
Crawled underneath and saw more wet areas around the lower part of the IM.
Looked through the IM from above and everything was soaked again.
revved the engine while looking through the IM and sure enough, there was oil spraying out of the gasket. Was lucky enough to have it between the manifold ports so it could be seen. Now to pull the head, have it milled and replace a few gaskets. Thanks for the help everyone.
The attached pic shows the location of the leak.
I made sure everything was clean and dry underneath. Idled it for about 20 minutes and just barely say a slight wet spot near the top but wasn't sure if it was oil or residual water. Drove to the parts store for some oil dye, UV light and glasses. Dropped the dye in and drove home. Never went over 35 to make sure the oil didn't blow up if it was the oil pan.
Crawled underneath and saw more wet areas around the lower part of the IM.
Looked through the IM from above and everything was soaked again.
revved the engine while looking through the IM and sure enough, there was oil spraying out of the gasket. Was lucky enough to have it between the manifold ports so it could be seen. Now to pull the head, have it milled and replace a few gaskets. Thanks for the help everyone.
The attached pic shows the location of the leak.
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