Part 19

First Start

On Saturday, we started the car for the first time.  It fired right up, surprisingly, and we ran it for about 7 minutes until the water temp started coming up.  Unfortunately, it appeared that we had an oil leak from somewhere in the motor.

So looks like we get to practice tearing the engine out of the car!  Turns out it doesn't take long, only about 30-45 minutes.

During disassembly of the engine, it was pretty obvious where the problem was:

And that's all it takes; one crushed o-ring...