My 84 pickup has been sitting in the garage for several months for various reasons. I finally got it back to where I could fire it up last night, since it had been sitting so long I thought it might be a good idea to pull the coil wire and get some oil flowing with just the starter. After doing this there was a strong gas odor, I looked around and saw a small amount a fuel dripping down from the pulsation damper on the fuel rail. I wiped it off, hooked the coil up and the truck fired right up, I was really surprised how good it ran after sitting for so long. I don't see it leaking while running but after I shut it off it leaks. Anyway I never noticed fuel leaking there before it sat. I don't know if its because I have a later model upper intake/throttle body but it looks like it would be difficult to remove and replace the damper. Anyone have any tips or tricks to dealing with this?
When I parked the truck it had a leaky radiator, other than that no other coolant leaks. I replaced the radiator and after starting it for the first time in months I idled it for a few minutes, shut it down, looked underneath and saw a small amount of coolant running down the oil pump
. No leaks from the radiator hoses and I didn't spill any while filling it. I couldn't tell exactly where it was coming from but it was a pretty small amount,
I thought maybe the water pump gasket. I started it up again this morning, let it idle for 15+ min. and now no coolant leak
. Whats up with that?
While looking and waiting for that coolant leak I noticed that my oil pump housing has a very very slight oil leak, bottom, center where it meets the timing cover. Ive read about the 1 upper bolt needing sealant to avoid an oil leak but what would cause the 2 bottom bolts to be slightly wet with oil? Kinda looks like they are seeping from between the bolt/washer and housing. The amount of oil is so small that I doubt it would ever accumulate enough to drip.