I'm trying to find a kit to completley reseal my motor. its got 313k on it and leaks quite a bit of oil. I'm trying to find a good gasket kit for it, i've searched the threads and not finding much luck. And also trying to figure out how difficult it will be to do myself?
Idk if there is a master kit, but I'd start with a timing cover gasket kit, valve cover gaskets and a gould vacuum pump powersteering rebuild kit. That alone should do quite a bit.
I'm trying to do everything i can without having to pull the motor cuz i don't have all the tools do to so. What gasket do i really need to pull the motor for tho? I'm going to have my tranny rebuilt and replace the rear main seal when the transmission is out.
They can all be done with the engine in the truck, its just alot easier to pull the engine and do it. a couple hours to pull the engine saves ALOT of swearing and beat up knuckles, not to mention the total time to do the job would be about the same.
First you need to identify which gaskets and/or seals are leaking. A little oil goes a long way. You may have a couple of easy fixes, or a hard one. Over the years I have replaced every seal/gasket that can be replaced without opening up the engine for rebuild. The tappet cover is definitely a time consuming mutha. The gasket between the gear case and the block required removing the cam. I didn't think the oil pan was that bad, but I have a 2WD.
Clean the engine and assess what is actually leaking. You may be pleasantly surprised.
This is the bottom of my engine 1600 miles after replacing the oil pan gasket last month.
Thanks for all the info. Is there a writeup on any of this cuz i'm thinking of doing one when i get finished with this. It may not be for another month or two.
So should i just take a pressure washer to my motor and clean it up that way or what would you reccomend?
While were on the topic of gaskets I just replaced both of my oil cooler gaskets and now its leaking coolant out of it, was I supposed to use some rtv on it or anything?
Don't mean to derail the thread..
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