Re: [AMC-list] Leaking from the timing chain cover - just RTV it?

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Are you sure it's not a water pump leak?

Joe Fulton

--- On Wed, 8/26/09, Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [AMC-list] Leaking from the timing chain cover - just RTV it?
> To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 7:53 PM
> I must have messed something up when
> I replaced the water pump a long
> time ago. The car had no leak, then a small leak directly
> under the
> center of the timing cover. Just a few drops, but coolant.
> I took the
> car for a nice ride today, and parked it. Wandering back,
> there was
> quite a bit of low-tox coolant on the ground, directly
> under the
> timing chain cover.
> 
> Do I need new gaskets, or can I simply take it apart and go
> the water
> pump / thermostat RTV? Just take off the cover, the pump,
> re-appy RTV
> and put together? Do the bolts need any special attention?
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