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Originally Posted by gomowgto
I need to remove my timing cover because there an oil leak between the front of the oil pan and the cover. The instructions say to drain the radiator and the block.
I don't want to drain the block because the coolant destroys the paint, and I just put the motor in it last spring. I want to lift the rear end up on jackstands, drain the radiator, and remove the bottom radiator hose. Then I want to reverse things by putting the rear-end back on the ground and raising the front so the engine is tilted back. Then remove the cover. I'm thinking this will keep the coolant in the block below the two holes at the top of the block. Has anyone tried this and if so, how well did it work? And if someone has an idea, I'm all ears. Thanks in advance.
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Yes, if you raise the car in the rear drain the coolant, then lower it after it drains the coolant will be below the 2 front holes in the block. Yes I've done it before.
If you lean on the car, and the suspension compresses, you may still get some sloshing out the holes. To counteract that just raise the car a few inches on stands, taking the front suspension out of the equation, plus you get more room to take the 4 pan to timing cover bolts out.
Stuff rags in the gap at the bottom of the pan to minimize stuff falling into the pan. It's not to hard to drop something, and have it swallowed up into that gap, plenty of threads on this forum where that have dropped stuff into the pan, and went fishing with a magnet for the lost tool/parts.
The rest of the operation is fairly obvious, make sure to use a dab of silicone on the point where the front pan gasket meets the block/timing cover. I usually use two of the plastic gasket retainers in the front to locate the gasket, or glue it to the pan with super weatherstrip adhesive if you don't have the plastic retainers.
Make certain you tighten the balancer bolt to the torque spec. 160 lbs or the balancer may split on the keyway, it's fairly common if the bolt isn't torqued to spec.
Having performed this operation dozens of times in car, I think I covered most of the things associated with doing it, have fun....
