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Re: Oil leak troubleshooting
Posted by
thomasfortney
on December 17, 2012 at 11:06 PM
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Oil leak troubleshooting
posted by syphon0202
on December 14, 2012 at 04:22 PM
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If any of those four bolts on each cam are missing, find them, if they are trapped under the timing cover somewhere they can get stuck behind the timing belt and destroy your engine.
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Oil leak troubleshooting
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syphon0202
16:22:34 12/14/12
Those CAMs are part of a variable intake timing system
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jzack
18:11:23 12/14/12
FYI - May want to replace those springs too since
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jzack
18:12:37 12/14/12
There were no springs behind my covers
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syphon0202
19:22:47 12/14/12
let's put it this way, there's supposed to be a build-up of
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Zvil (FL)
20:18:48 12/14/12
I didn't think the '96 engine had the VTC system? -
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jzack
23:17:09 12/14/12
So could there still be a major leak there
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syphon0202
23:36:37 12/14/12
Sure - they just eliminated the electrical part (in rear
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jzack
06:56:24 12/15/12
Re: Oil leak troubleshooting -
thomasfortney
23:06:47 12/17/12
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