Well, I had a hunch that after all this talk about the intake water passage not sealing I decided to test it since there was drips still coming out of the pan I pulled all the water out of the intake and the drip stopped immediately. Now, I’m going to pull it out tomorrow because I believe now that the oil pump switch was wrong but my fear at the time about finding car pieces in there were legit. I should have inspected it closer and maybe it would have been something I would have caught. The machine shop i took it too had the wrong amount to take off on there but promised that they did it to the correct number which was .015. I believe I can get a thick intake gasket to resolve this issue because it’s going to be hard to find another LD340 for 125$. Thanks to everyone for their experience and insight. I’ll check back with pictures in the coming days, also, I used straight water and no coolant so hopefully that will have payed off in the long run.
Jake
