I have and extreme 2 quart of oil a day leak. Look at this scenario. I had a mechanic change mt oil pan gasket and change my distributor o ring. I had paid the guy 300 bucks to do this. i felt this was fair because of the work involved to do both. No leaks for a week. All of a sudden here comes the 2 quart niagra falls leak :eek2: I lookunder the hood at the Distributor O ring and it appears to be coming from there. The top of it had scratch marks where it looked lie he had been tapping on it. I assumed that he had went ahead and changed that ring by the looks of it. I took it back to him and he examined it. He tells me that it is coming from the valley pan gasket. at thge intake by that unit. He tells me that it will cost me 500 to replace it.  :shock: I told him to put my keys in my car and i will pick it up and look at the situation myself. I took everthing apart to inspect. I pulled the Distributor drive up and checked the O ring and it is hard.... I mean like "old" type hard and brittle.  : :evil: I do not think this is coming from the intake gasket at all. Has anybody ever had a leak from their valley pan area. I have not seen a post with one. It is burnig me up as I am writing this. This guy is in deep stuff :2gunfire: I am contemplating on reporting this guy for bull crapping me about changing that O-ring and havig the balls to try and charge me 500 for a job that I don't need. Man it's getting so you can't trust some people to work on your vehicle. :(

Sounds like the guy fucked you.  The new O ring would not be that hard.  I just did mine and the ond one was crumbling.  The valley oil gasket would not leak that much.  

Report the SOB!  make him feel the pain.  I hate those assholes that do that to people.

The dist O ring can be frustrating to remove due to location and it just sticks. Usually you have to try and spin it loose then attempt to pry it up. The lastest O rings are greenish in color. It replaced mine some time ago and added a thin bead of silicone under the flange as well. Your best bet  before tearing down the top end would have been to clean things down and the the massive leak would be localized. Good luck.

Unless the guy is a total jackass (which it sounds he is) he should come clean with you and give you your money back! The O-ring should be rubbery and soft...NOT HARD! Hard O-rings are bad leaking O-rings and has not been replaced!

I would check to see if during his prying that he punched a hole in the valley pan sillicon seal. There is not a gasket in between the heads along the flat portion of the block. There should be a 3/32" or thicker bead of sillicon that bridges that gap. The valley pan gasket itself only mates the heads to the lower intake plenum...nothing else.

$500 to replace gaskets??? Holy shit GPChief I want more money for what I did for you!!! :shock:   :lol:  :lol:

Well job complete and guess what... no leaks :twisted: I called the guy up already and he said he himself didn't work on it, but he wants to see the o-ring. I am wrapping it around a billy club so he could see it up close when I start swingin'. I think he is full of stuff and intends to blame it all on an "bad employee" of some sort. I will let you guys know happens later on. Thanks for the support on this F_ck up

Aluminum baseball bats make a hell of a sound when you rack it up side some idiots head!! :lol:  :lol:

Glad to hear you got the leak solved though! 8)

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Aluminum baseball bats make a hell of a sound when you rack it up side some idiots head!!  

And after you bend it over his head, you turn it (the Bat) 180 degrees and proceed to straighten it back out!!! :lol:  :drinking:  :drinking: