Hello all,
I had a separate thread about diagnosing my coolant leak and finally solved it. There is a hairline crack where the bypass tube inserts into the timing cover.
As i understand it, replacing the timing cover requires pulling the head off. Im still new to the 80 platform, so I am not certain why that is. My odo shows 166k miles, so I’d rather not do the head gasket unless i have to.
Any opinions on using marine tex (or similar)? Slightly widen the crack, fill it, sand it. I have not had to do a repair like this before, previous vehicles didnt require me to remove the head to access the timing cover(s).
Many thanks
I had a separate thread about diagnosing my coolant leak and finally solved it. There is a hairline crack where the bypass tube inserts into the timing cover.
As i understand it, replacing the timing cover requires pulling the head off. Im still new to the 80 platform, so I am not certain why that is. My odo shows 166k miles, so I’d rather not do the head gasket unless i have to.
Any opinions on using marine tex (or similar)? Slightly widen the crack, fill it, sand it. I have not had to do a repair like this before, previous vehicles didnt require me to remove the head to access the timing cover(s).
Many thanks