Alright ---now she better not leak!!!
03-10-2003, 09:01 AM
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Car: 1983, 1986
Engine: 2.8 2bbl, 2.8 MPFI
Transmission: 200C 3 speed, 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.08, 3.42
Alright ---now she better not leak!!!
Well I finished the steering box swap this past weekend and since the weather was soooooo nice, I got ambitious and re sealed the timing cover gasket. Here's what i found along the way....
Was getting bad gas mileage/hard cold start fior a while now. Turned out I had a rip in the return line from the fuel pump
. Needless to say, I fixed that.
There was a bunch of oil splattered over the front of the motor. i think that many of these bolts actually hold oil back as alot of the ones I took out had oil on the threads. I was also missing two bolts that held the alternator/AIR pump on. there was siigns of oil leakage at those points. So I replaced any missing bolts and applied RTV to all of the bolts before tightening them down.
Maybe now the motor will stay dry on the outside!
Was getting bad gas mileage/hard cold start fior a while now. Turned out I had a rip in the return line from the fuel pump
. Needless to say, I fixed that.There was a bunch of oil splattered over the front of the motor. i think that many of these bolts actually hold oil back as alot of the ones I took out had oil on the threads. I was also missing two bolts that held the alternator/AIR pump on. there was siigns of oil leakage at those points. So I replaced any missing bolts and applied RTV to all of the bolts before tightening them down.
Maybe now the motor will stay dry on the outside!
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