"G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3" (gbodyman)
11/12/2016 at 19:48 • Filed to: None
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"G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3" (gbodyman)
11/12/2016 at 19:48 • Filed to: None | 0
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It carved a nice groove into the timing chain cover, too. This is probably going to be more expensive than I expected.
MM54
> G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/12/2016 at 20:11 |
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If it just rubbed the front of the cover I wouldn’t worry about it. You’ll know if there’s a hole since oil would be leaking through it.
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G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
> MM54
11/12/2016 at 20:14 |
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My concern is that it’s a very big groove, and if water gets trapped in it and freezes, it could crack the timing chain cover. Regardless, a small patch is now in just in case.
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MM54
> G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/12/2016 at 20:21 |
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If it’s open the expansion shouldn’t be an issue, but if you’re worried I bet some SteelStick or similar would ease that.
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G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
> MM54
11/12/2016 at 20:36 |
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Yup, that’s pretty much what I did.
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/12/2016 at 21:13 |
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It will expand in the path of least resistance when it freezes. You have to worry about it inside an engine because the path of least resistance is trough the block.
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G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
11/12/2016 at 21:34 |
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Yeah, that’s the big thing. I figured it was better to be safe than wonder “what if” for the next several months.
jimz
> G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/12/2016 at 21:52 |
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that’s the problem with bearings, when they start to go you have about six nanoseconds before they’re on the verge of catastrophic failure.
only slightly exaggerating.
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G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
> jimz
11/12/2016 at 22:09 |
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You’re not entirely wrong.