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You can do the timing cover relatively easily in the car, emphasis on relatively. Certainly easier than pulling the engine. You'll have to pull the intakes and cam covers, pull off or separate the thermostat housing and drop the oil pan enough to apply some RTV. If you are planning on pulling the engine anyway you might as well just wait, but if not, you might as well do it now while the front is apart.
Thanks Bob! Big decision time coming. I have the parts to do the job, but I'm not convinced the leak is so bad that I risk pulling things apart. My good friend (who is a A&P Mechanic, turned exotic car tech, turned insurance industry) is coming over tonight to help me think through this.
We've determined that the leak is relatively minor. Decision has been made to clean the engine block and put things back together. that will commence Friday. More to come!
Started the process of putting things back together today after cleaning the engine.....I'm waiting on an order from Scuderia, otherwise I'm pretty sure I could've had it all back together today...
Thanks Bob! Big decision time coming. I have the parts to do the job, but I'm not convinced the leak is so bad that I risk pulling things apart. My good friend (who is a A&P Mechanic, turned exotic car tech, turned insurance industry) is coming over tonight to help me think through this.
Forget the RTV approach - the approach for my 4.3 Vantage was to get the newer gasket from the 4.7. I'd assume there's a newer V12 equivalent that would work in your case.
02-26-2024, 03:34 PM
