SB engine rebuilding got ya! School is Open!

I got one for ya. This happened to me on my 360. I had the machine shop assemble the long block. I get the thing home get all the bolt ons on and get it in the car. Everything was going great. We fired up for break in, about half way through we notice a small steady oil leak. No big deal it looked like the pan gasket was leaking. I had a set of el cheapo headers and a Milodon pan so it was almost impossible to pin point the leak. Ya can't see much up in there. Anyways we watched the leak like a hawk and continued the break in. After the break in I set out to do the near impossible task of pulling then sealing up the pan with the motor in the car. Yeah I know a dumb pain in the a$$ idea lol. It still leaked. Everyone I told about it and showed the problem to would swear it was the pan. I then pulled the motor and sealed the pan up good this time. Motor is in the car I fire it up and the leak is worse. That thing puked out 3-4 quarts in about 30 seconds. I was ready to sell the darn thing. Underneath the oil filter there is a stamped steel plate. Underneath that there is a paper gasket. Im not sure of the torque specs but the "nut-coupler thing" that the oil filter screws down to needs to be wicked tight to keep from leaking then eventually spraying between that stamped plate and the block.

That was a little drawn out lol believe it or not I left out several details lol. It was definitely a traumatizing event:banghead:. Lots of headache but now I know.