No, your questions are good ones, relevant to many on the list.
Pretty much all of the covers are interchangeable. 215 Buick, Olds, 300
Buick, early rear wheel drive V6 Buicks, & all Rover covers I know of
through the 4.6L are interchangeable. I have a 4.2 Rover with a 215 front
cover, a 215 with an early 4.0 or 4.2 serpentine cover.
Jim Stuart
Reply to <jimbb88@usa.com>
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of james
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 1:03 AM
To: v8
Subject: still more cooling questions
Are you guys sick of hearing from me yet? :)
I noticed during all my looking at cooling problems that my front cover is
not
perfectly sealed. When I initially pressure checked the cooling system I
found a small leak in the seal from the front cover to the block on the
passenger side. I pulled the cover and found a defect in the sealing
surface
around the water galley. I permatexed the whole surface, pressure tested
it,
and it held
In this process I noticed the 4 lower bolts on the cover (down around the
crank) are mostly stripped. I need to helacoil them at some point, but
there
is no oil loss at this time. When I do get to it, do these holes go all the
way through into the oil galleys? Will I need to worry about the chips
going
into the engine?
The cover is now leaking at this same spot again, and I'm considering either
having the defect fixed or replacing the front cover. Are these front
covers
generally available for the Olds engines? What are everyone's opinions on
BARs and other stop leak products?
I don't see this as a top priority unless it gets worse but it is something
that I want to deal with some time.
james
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