jacobcartmill

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well we got my car running today, its a series5 jspec from FC3S.org. the engine has great compression, all seals, water orings, all seems well so far.

all i did to make startup easy (err, relatively easy) was filled the housings up with MMO and let it sit for about 3 days, rotating it about twice a day.

so we got it all started and immediately found a couple small problems; (does this ALWAYS happen with engine installs?) an oil leak at the oil cooler feed line, coolant leak at the back of the throttle body/firewall.

we kinked my oil cooler feed line, which i knew was gonna be a problem, so where the oil leak is, its leaking out with tiny tiny bubbles in it. no coolant mixed with it, just tiny bubbles... i think the tiny bubbles are from the oil having to rush through that tiny passage where the oil line is kinked. does that make sense? i could really use some input on this.

the engine is pulling about 300-350 mmHg of vacuum, which i figure is pretty good for an engine that has been sitting not having been started for months. what is a good vacuum reading in mmHg? does 350 sound ok?

also, where can i get another oil cooler feed hose for relatively cheap and fast???

SDrotary

call dave up and see if he has another one lying around.

jacobcartmill

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dave gibson? he's on the other side of the US. thats a long way to mail a little oil cooler line. i'm tryin to get in in a day or so as well