Timing Cover Re-Installation - PITA
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Timing Cover Re-Installation - PITA
I am posting this to warn others to check before they install an Edelbrock two piece timing cover. I just installed one and had to pull it back off due to it not fitting flush in the area below the crank, allowing oil to leak during run. I had to pull to oil pan to figure out that it was not the oil pan to timing cover gasket, what a pain.
When I originally installed the timing cover I did not check to see that it would not rock on the front of the engine. I assumed it wouldn't. When I pulled it and checked, it rocked approximately .100".
Bottom line, place your timing cover on dry and see if it rocks before you install it. You will then know if the rock is something you think RTV will seal. I do not know yet what I am going to do with this cover.
90Indy
When I originally installed the timing cover I did not check to see that it would not rock on the front of the engine. I assumed it wouldn't. When I pulled it and checked, it rocked approximately .100".
Bottom line, place your timing cover on dry and see if it rocks before you install it. You will then know if the rock is something you think RTV will seal. I do not know yet what I am going to do with this cover.
90Indy
