302 timing cover leak
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302 timing cover leak
This is a bit of an odd question, but something I wanted to get an opinion on. I found the timing cover leaking a small amount of coolant. Since the gasket is weak already should I be worried that the gasket may begin to leak coolant into my oil?
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Yes if the gasket on the inner ends of the water ports leak you could get water into your crankcase . Mine started leaking after I replaced the water pump , the timing cover uses a few of the same bolts and sometimes when replacing the pump it can disturb a weak timing cover gasket . You could try snugging the bolts down a bit more it might buy you a bit of time but you should replace the gasket as soon as possible. These covers are also famous for corrosion around the water ports so that could be a reason for leaking too . It's a pretty straight forward job to replace them , the only special tools you would want would be to remove the balancer .
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Yes if the gasket on the inner ends of the water ports leak you could get water into your crankcase . Mine started leaking after I replaced the water pump , the timing cover uses a few of the same bolts and sometimes when replacing the pump it can disturb a weak timing cover gasket . You could try snugging the bolts down a bit more it might buy you a bit of time but you should replace the gasket as soon as possible. These covers are also famous for corrosion around the water ports so that could be a reason for leaking too . It's a pretty straight forward job to replace them , the only special tools you would want would be to remove the balancer .
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Thabks for the opinions. I will keep an eye on it for the time being and look at getting it replaced sometime down the line. It is only a small leak right now(wont leave any coolant on the ground or any heavy build up on the engine or the cross member under the engine). I just wanted to see if anyone had any experience with these leaks suddenly getting much worse.
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