Oil spraying everywhere

How many miles? Are you the original owner?

 

Anyone remove the harmonic balancer for any reason recently?

 

120k i got it from the original owner in 2012 when it had 26k on it, this is my first issue ive had

 

Looks like it ate to much chipolte an blew its wrinkle grommet out. OP hope it ain’t nothing hard to repair.

 

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must have had a blast on de mayo day

would be a pain either way if its a seal, good luck op

 

Crank pulley seal ain’t that bad. Wayyyy better than rear main or timing cover etc.

 

Wow, that's a lot of taco sauce! Hope the repair goes easy for you!

 

So strange to have that bad of a failure without something getting into it like a belt shredding or what not... Usually they just seep or leak oil.

On the bright side it is a quick and easy fix.

 

well it's worse than i thought, does anybody know where to get a timing cover?

 

Did the balancer separate?

 

Sum-Ting_Wong !

I'm wondering if that was punched outwards or inwards...

Looks like a rub mark around the seal...

 

WTH!?

How did that happen?

-Bear

 

The rubber in the balancer came apart and the outer (grooved) part was rubbing against the timing cover.

The balancer is made up of 2 metal halves with rubber (damper) in between. often times the rubber will degrade from being soaked with oil and it separates. The outer part of the balancer will walk all over the place when the engine is running. Sometimes they move forward and fall off, sometimes they move backward and scrape holes in the timing cover

 

Ouch, you don't remember hearing a noise when the engine was started? Seems the event occurred at startup or when the engine was turned off the night before. Remove the oil pan to see if any parts are in there. I don't know welding; i would be inclined to inquire if an alum patch could be welded over the opening.

 

But those chunks taken out are behind the inner part of the balancer? I could see how if the outer separated it could make those outside grooves, but the chunks taken out of the cover where oil pump gear is????

I suspect something else is going on.

Best case scenario, spend alot of time and several hundred on parts, you pull timing cover, pull upper oil pan, pull valve covers, clean all the aluminum out, inspect everything. Buy a timing cover, put it back together and hope for the best... No idea if bearings where damaged. It works out.

2013 engines are pretty cheap, if it was me, I'd pull the engine and Swap it.


Edit.....

Thought you had a 2013, I see you have a 2010. Those aren't cheap. I'd still probably end up swapping it if it was me, but I would put alot more Time and effort in first and go ahead and check the bearings first before I pulled the trigger on new engine.

 

Usually $1000 or so less than pre 2012

 

LS1 for under 3k.... just saying.