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.
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: 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.
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: 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.
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: 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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: --Previous Message--
: 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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: --Previous Message--
: 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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