Oil on Dampner
 

I have a newly rebuilt 250 I6 and have almost 600 mi on it. I was under the hood the other day and noticed oil covering most of the dampner. It looks to be on the front side only. My guess is it is coming down the crankshaft past the keyway. Should I have put some permatex gasket maker in there before assembly? It is newly painted and rebuilt and I really want to try and keep it clean as long as possible. It's not a show truck by any means, but just wanting to try and keep things clean.

Any ideas on this?

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1970 Chevy 3/4t, I6(freshly rebuilt), 4 speed
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some black rtv on the corners of the pan where the front pan rubber seals meet in the corners is good to have

You could have oil wicking down the keyway....I would pull the balancer bolt,& clean everything with brake cleaner,then use a little RTV& tork it back up.....69 longhorn.

You could also try same oil seal fattener. What it dose is it fattens the all your oil seals to help stop leaks. If it's not a big leak then this should work. I would first try doing what the others members mentioned first!

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71 SWB Stepside, was a 250, now is a 402 Big Block with 4 speed and 3.73's

72 LWB 4x4 350 4-speed 3.08's posi wearing army olive drab green (SOLD!)

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just a guess (not saying it is) is it power steering fluid

many small blocks start leaking power steering fluid and it makes it to the damper

you probably know if its oil but i thought id through that in