Timing cover seal
- Thread starter Dartfreak75
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That’s some funny ****.View attachment 1715632348
use a razor blade to clean all that out. it's a timing cover, not a bagel
Dartfreak75
Restore it, Dont part it!
I don't like leaks lolView attachment 1715632348
use a razor blade to clean all that out. it's a timing cover, not a bagel
Dartfreak75
Restore it, Dont part it!
Seems like everyone i have is late model lol. I have tore down a few 318s all from the 80s that's where most of my parts have came from. Had I known there was a difference i probably would have used the earlier one im not a big fan of how easy that thing pressed in. Don't seem very tight to me. I may go back and clean the other one and paint it and use it instead. I think its the original one to this 360.
Well there is some age difference between us. lol My heyday of doing this was back in the late 70s and all through the 80s so most of those 80s ones were still on the road. lol
Seals normally come with sealant on the outside of the seal, but most of them have been sitting on shelves so long that it's dried out beyond being any good. That's why I always recommend a thin coat of RTV on the outside of those type seals.......wherever they go. But not after assembly. lol
cudamark
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I agree, but not that it will "go through the motor". It actually won't go through the motor. It will come off and get sucked up into the screen on the sump choking off the oil flow to the oil pump.
Dartfreak75
Restore it, Dont part it!
Thanks guys I never even thought of that. I will scrape it out of the inside.
James Clews
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On the outside of the seal I usually put non hardening Aviation gasket sealant on it.
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