Cam seal

[DavidT]

well, I noticed the cam seal where the cam sensor is, has a good little leak. I did a search on it. Apparently there are 3 cam seals. If the other 2 were leaking, wouldn't they get oil all over the timing belt?
How hard is it to change the seal where the sensor is?
Also, where is the cheapest I can find:
a cam seal and
the oil pan gasket.

 

[projectSHO89]

If the inner cam seals leak, the oil runs down the front of the block inside the inner timing belt cover, finally exiting as if it were a front main or front oil pan gasket leak. You can't actually tell that the inner seals are leaking until the inner timing cover is removed.

The cam seals come in a set of 3 (FelPro). I got mine from RockAuto with a bunch of other stuff. Part # TCS45870 $14.77 plus shipping.

The seal replacement is a really fun job. Do a search on "cam seal" and my user # 1084. I related some of the fun I had with this project in a post in early June or late May.

Steve

<small>[ November 04, 2002, 07:59 AM: Message edited by: projectSHO89 ]</small>