Running lean plus slight oil leak...pointers? (journal hehe)
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Originally posted by wikd240
when you removed the cover did you notice if the front timing chain guide is still installed??? if it is remove it... as well as the lower on on the upper timing chain... there will be a little play in the chain it is not enough to harm anything... there is a guide on how to remove the upper guides and exactly how to do it... for the front timing chain cover leaking the only way to repair that is to remove the oil pan to get the front cover off... that is why there was so much of a charge to do it... in most cases the motor is pulled out to remove the oil pan... i can pull my motor in 4 hours... but i have had it out a time or 4... and have the whole thing ripped down to bare block in a lil over 6 hours... so it all depends on how much skill you have in fixing the timing chain cover leak...
when you removed the cover did you notice if the front timing chain guide is still installed??? if it is remove it... as well as the lower on on the upper timing chain... there will be a little play in the chain it is not enough to harm anything... there is a guide on how to remove the upper guides and exactly how to do it... for the front timing chain cover leaking the only way to repair that is to remove the oil pan to get the front cover off... that is why there was so much of a charge to do it... in most cases the motor is pulled out to remove the oil pan... i can pull my motor in 4 hours... but i have had it out a time or 4... and have the whole thing ripped down to bare block in a lil over 6 hours... so it all depends on how much skill you have in fixing the timing chain cover leak...
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