Glen
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: Hi.
: Speaking of front engine plate.. I
: just assembled an engine and noticed
: that in the gasket set they included
: two front engine gaskets. Both
: identical except for thickness. One was
: about .005 or so and the other was
: about .010 I did'nt mic them but thats
: my estimate. So why would it matter
: what thickness that gasket is? Also I
: noticed on those front sealing plates
: that the older GT6 plates don't have
: the horizontal screw holes (2) that
: come from the front engine plate. So...
: Did yours have those holes in it??
: Just a thought.
: P.J.
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: It could be the front plate but I will
: work my way up to that one as I rule
: out "easier" things to check
: and replace.
:
: The oil appears on the timing cover
: directly below the boss where the seal
: is and the oil runs down the timing
: cover from there. It drips off the
: bottom, front of the timing cover.
:
: I could be misinterpreting where the
: oil is coming from. It could be coming
: out between the pan and front plate and
: is getting blown around by the air
: currents.
:
: Like I said, I would like to rule out
: easier and cheaper possibilities first.
: If it looks to be the front plate I
: will clean everything off and put the
: UV dye in the oil to see if that is the
: source of the leak.
:
: Thanks,
: Doug L.
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: Are you sure it is leaking from the
: seal
: and not the plate behind the timing
: chain? I remember after changing my
: timing chain, I had a leak on the
: bottom part of the plate and that's
: because I took off the 2 bottom bolts
: that were also holding the fuel line.
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: You may remember that I only recently
: rebuilt the engine in our GT6.
: Obviously all the seals and gaskets are
: new. Much to my annoyance, we have
: developed a small oil leak from
: somewhere on/around the timing cover.
:
: I have re-checked that all the timing
: cover bolts are tight. I suspect that
: for some reason the shaft seal itself
: is leaking just a tiny bit. Being new,
: I doubt there is damage to the seal and
: I don't remember seeing any damage on
: the shaft spacer that goes between the
: timing gear and the harmonic balancer.
:
: I am hoping to make the seal stop
: leaking by installing a speedi-sleeve
: on the shaft spacer (since it it the
: spacer that contacts the shaft seal)
: and putting some gasket sealant on the
: joint between the front of the spacer
: and the harmonic balancer.
:
: If you have other suggestions for
: things to try and places to look for
: the leak I will be happy to hear them.
:
: Doug L.
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