Re: [alfa] Alfa Spider oil leaks

[hagen_jason@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I just didn this job on my '73 Spider (headgasket).  You may want to try retorqeing the head bolts to buy you some time.  Loosen each one, one at a time, remove, oil and retorque to 65 ft/lbs.  See if this works.  Otherwise, just do the headgasket in the Fall.  No need to pull the car down for an oil leak in the meantime...

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Jason Hagen
Chicago, IL
'73 Spider
'95 164Q
> Spider weather has been around for about two months here in Boise and my
> 74 spider has come out of hibernation well and travelled about 450 miles
> so far this year.  I'm now trying to solve a couple of problems that it
> has.  The one that I have been worrying about lately is oil leaks.  I had
> a good look at the engine today and see that oils seems to ooze out near
> the head gasket.  The symptoms are oil drops on the floor when parking
> after a drive.  The oil leaks stop once the car has cooled down as
> demonstrated when I park in the driveway and then later pull into the
> garage for the night.  Oil leaks will be on the driveway but not in the
> garage.  There is no oil in the coolant or coolant in the oil.  I assume
> this is just failing o-rings sealing the oil passages to the head.  Do I
> worry about this right now?  Taking the head off would be fairly easy but
> I am planning a "freshening" this winter and would like to just run it
> for the summer which would mean about 3-4,000 miles.  Any suggestions on
> my diagnosis or delayed maintenance?
> 
> Jason Ritchie
> Boise, Idaho
> 74 Spider
> 86 GTV-6
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