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

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

I expect this note is about a V8, but my 6 cylinder had a mysterious leak and
the pump seemed fine. Turns out the heater hose was leaking at the thermostat
housing, and only when the engine was running. 

Ken


Quoting 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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