Well It Leaks AGAIN!

Chasing a oil leak on a friends 400 chevy stroker. He thought is was bad oil pan gasket install. He re-did it. Still leaking. This thing has a star machine vacuum pump on it and it was STILL leaking! Leak down test was bad 60-70%. Pulled it apart nothing glaring, Off to the machinist to check the bores. Have you run a compression test on it?


Where did the leak down air go? If it was into the pan, that's ring seal. It's almost impossible in 1985 to get rings that don't seal.

I'll be interested to hear what the conclusion of the matter really is.