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"bushman" wrote:

What is it?
Starboard side of the block towards the rear is a small petcock valve with
the tubing crimped off. It is leaking oil.
Thanks - Allen
PS there is a hose barb screwed into the front/bottom of the oil pan. It
looks cross threaded. Was it a bolt thread that the pipe thread has been
forced into?
Thanks again - Allen



That small petcock is for draining the coolant from the block, if it is
like the one on my 4-108, and if you got oil coming out of it you got a
serious problem. The one on the Oil Pan usually is for draining the
LubeOil from the OilPan, and in most cases has a valve associated with
it, or the hose connected to it has an elevated end above the level of
the Block, to keep the LubeOil in, untill one lowers it to drain the
LubeOil into a bucket in the bildge, during Oil Changes.

Bruce in alaska a 4-108 owner for a long time..........
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