Pete. (l33t FS) said:Check the cam seals. I've had a new one spit out right after replacement.
If it wasn't leaking before and is now, it's got to be one of the things you changed or disturbed.
Good call on the cam seal- that was what it ended up being. Pulled the plugs, put in the UV dye (cashier at HF had never seen one before- it worked quite well) and had The Dancer crank the engine over so the starter spun it and after a few times oil started coming out from below the front (intake) cam sprocket. Annoying, in order to lock the camshafts in place to ensure it stayed in time you have to take essentially everything off of the head except for the camshafts themselves, but it didn't take too long to strip everything off, lock the camshafts in place with the tool at the opposite end, and pull the sprockets and to get to the seals. The intake one was clearly not where it should have been, so pressed it in to where it was supposed to be and put everything back together.
Unfortunately while checking things I noticed a slow but steady drip of coolant under the car as well... tracking that down took a lot more time but eventually I was able to figure out that it was coming from the hose assembly aft of the engine, specifically from a plastic junction just behind where the hoses connect to the driver's side of the block. So I need to call up the Ford parts dept (again) and see if they have that assembly in stock to pick up today to replace it.
The MOST annoying thing though, once again, was the heat shield on the exhausts manifold- that thing has been a monumental pain in the ass every time I've had to deal with it. If I didn't worry that leaving it off would result in cooking things I very definitely would leave it off- but no, I had to spend over an hour wrestling with getting it into place for the fasteners (that didn't break off when I took it off in the first place) to go into the block.
Hopefully once I get that hose assembly replaced and everything put back together things will behave this time... I'm really ready to be done with working on this thing (and I know its owner will be happy to finally have it back).
