oil leak - need advice Options

[dax1969]

Good afternoon,

My shop just called that the small oil leak I have on my 73 2.0 is situated down on the oiltubes (or do you call it push rod tubes ?) and that he needs the pull the engine to fix the issue.
For my knowledge (I'm no mechanic) is the oil leak usually caused by bad/dried out seals or can the tubes have an issue themselves.
In short, is it best to replace all seals or also all tubes ?

thks yr advice

note : can I it drive for a while with this small leak and fix the issue in winter or does it need urgent attention ? Car is in the shop for 5 weeks now to fix the rustissue on my aft bottomfloor and realy want to drive it for a couple of weeks or till winter falls in.

krgds
Dax

[luskesq]

AA can probably get you the seals but if you do a search here you will find a number of folks who prefer not to deal with them. You don't need to drop the engine to replace the push rod tube seals and the job is relatively easy. If you look on the Pelican site they have a tech article on how to replace the seals (and tubes if need be). They also have the tubes (no need to replace unless damaged) and seals: http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/ksearc...x=16&I1.y=0.

As noted above, the Viton brand is the preferred replacement seal. If you are getting a drip or two I wouldn't be to concerned about a fire but when you do it, replace all the seals at the same time.

Keith