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Old 11-03-2012, 03:54 PM   #5
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Re: 3.8L Timing Cover Removal

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Originally Posted by 12Ounce View Post
I'm facing the same task...have a small coolant leak somewhere on the front cover. I've done the task before ... a real knuckle buster! This time I may lower the subframe on 4x4's and move it as far as it will to the left to get more wrench room.
That's how mine started... When I went to trace it it dissapeared, no trace of it, so I kept running it and adding water every few weeks. Then it came back and seemed to be the water pump.

Upon closer inpection it looked to be the rubber seal on the "Y" Pipe so I replaced it but leak continued. Scratching my head i did a pressure test and could not figure where the water was leaking from!

That's when I stumbled on the gasket defect on the timing cover, so don't wait till it gets worse. If I would have figured it out sooner i would've tried a stop leak product and called it a day! I don't plan on holding on to mine any longer, just needed it to hold on a little bit more!
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