Hot Oil Going Forward!

[Jim Sims]

Finally finished hooking up and adjusting everything last night and brought my '76S back to life after winter hibernation and a planned two week repair/upgrade campaign that stretched to six weeks. My oil leaks appear to be gone (one external oil line fitting was leaking at the external oil thermostat - a couple of "licks" with the 36 mm oil line wrench took care of it), the valve train sounds great and there is hot oil in the front external oil cooler loop. Started warmed up from home at 150 degrees F with cold front oil lines. Headed off to work (seven miles away uphill) at a good clip; oil temp gage went to 185 degrees F and stayed there. Front loop (all I have is a trombone for now) nice and hot when I arrived at work. Maybe now I can start to think about upgrading and reinstalling the A/C. Engine and oil system took 16 quarts to fill (14 quarts were required to even register on the dipstick once the engine mounted oil thermostat opened); usual oil change amount is 11.5 quarts. I calculated the oil lines forward of the external oil thermostat and the thermostat together hold about 2.5 quarts of oil. I had removed the engine mounted oil cooler and thermostat for cleaning and seal/o-ring replacement so they had to refill too but I was surprised how much oil the car took. The oil tank dipstick is a about a 1/4" below the max mark with the oil at 185 degrees F. I'll drive it around for a few more days to see if anymore air comes out of the oil lines then if necessary I'll drain out about a 1/2 quart of oil if it stays at the present level. Cheers, Jim

Repairs/upgrades:
1)Removed A/C lines and sealed/closed holes.
2)Installed external oil cooler lines, loop, thermostat and associated hoses.
3)Removed induction system and shroud.
4)Pressure cleaned engine.
5)Replaced oil pressure switch, breather cover gasket, breather hose and engine mounted oil thermostat o-ring.
6)Removed engine mounted oil cooler, cleaned and installed with new seals and new S-hose.
7)Repaired and retaped engine wiring harness.
8)Replaced fuel injector o-rings and intake gaskets.
9)Replace all CIS system vacuum lines and most of the air lines.
10)Adjusted valves.
11)Reconfigured right side oil line and oil pressure sender and remounted A/C compressor brackets.
12)Installed new hot air hoses.
13)Installed new rear main seal.
14)Installed new tranmsission input shaft seal.
15)Installed new speedometer sender.
16)Cleaned and relubed clutch release bearing operating shaft.
17)Repaired 2 CV joint boots and repacked four CV joints.
18)Installed metal shrouded rubber link in throttle linkage.
19)Rotated wheels.
20)Clean, clean and more cleaning!

[KTL]

Jim,

I think I did everything on your list (relative to a Carrera) and maybe more when I removed my engine in winter 2000. It's hard to find a place to stop! You just want to clean and restore everything you can. Sounds like you had good results.

I'll be experiencing the big time oil fill whenever I get mine back together from the suspension work. The entire oil system has been emptied, so I see a ton of oil going into mine as well...........