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Old 01-05-2010, 02:27 PM
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Re: 98 grand am water leak

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Originally Posted by boilrman View Post
I never said the timing chain was spinning inside coolant. There appears by looking in the haynes manual that there are 2 holes in the block that the timing cover covers that are coolant passages and the seal has failed in that area.

one of your sentences "it appears that the timing cover gasket has failed"
but it makes sense if you see freeze plugs there, just don't want you to go through all that and find out that the leak was somewhere else. Remember the old saying "measure it twice and cut once" Use good light and look all around coolant could be
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