<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Good point, Marcel.<div>I have had oil pan leaks due to the same phenomenon. Spot welds where the windage tray attaches to the pan. Oil splashed onto the exhaust on left hand turns. Caught fire, but the fire went out on the straights and into the pits. Really baffled us (and the corner workers) for several sessions...!</div><div>Merry Christmas!</div><div>Phil </div><div><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 25, 2020, at 9:37 AM, van.mulders.marcel@telenet.be wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000"><div>On 2 occasions I had a leaking timing because of a small hole in the cover itself : once the hole had the shape of a thin line and was located near the rivets or spotwelds of the chain tensioner.</div><div>Marcel</div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>Van: </b>"fot" <fot@autox.team.net><br><b>Aan: </b>"Jerry Van Vlack" <jerryvv@roadrunner.com><br><b>Cc: </b>triumphs@autox.team.net, "fot" <fot@autox.team.net>, glewis999@aol.com<br><b>Verzonden: </b>Vrijdag 25 december 2020 14:09:27<br><b>Onderwerp: </b>Re: [Fot] [TR] Timing cover crank seal oil leak<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__">Jerry;<div>We run a narrow belt on both cars. In both cases the damper puller housing extends into the timing cover to mate up against the slinger washers. No problem using the stock oil seal. We have had some leakage out between the crankshaft spigot and the pulley. Perhaps via the Keway. and the fit between the pulley and spigot is a little worn, so we assemble it with some rtv. No leaks.</div><div>I wonder if you have eliminated the slinger washers, and if the joint between the spacer and damper coincides with the lip seal interface. </div><div>Merry Christmas!!!<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote>On Dec 25, 2020, at 8:00 AM, Jerry Van Vlack via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote><div dir="ltr">
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<div>I wasn’t looking for any political responses to my question. Please keep
those to yourself. Not appropriate here.</div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] Timing cover crank seal oil leak</div></div></div>
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<div class="aolmail_replyHeader">On Friday, 25 December 2020, Jerry Van Vlack
<jerryvv@roadrunner.com> wrote: </div><br>
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<div style="white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;text-transform:none;letter-spacing:normal;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );text-indent:0px"><font face="Segoe UI Historic"><font style="font-size:11.3pt" color="#050505">I run a
thin belt conversion and have an oil leak from the timing chain cover. New
seal at rebuild 2 years ago. Leaked from initial startup but now getting
worse. I know about speedy sleeves and might try that. </font></font></div>
<div style="white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;text-transform:none;letter-spacing:normal;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );text-indent:0px"><font face="Segoe UI Historic"><font style="font-size:11.3pt" color="#050505"></font></font> </div>
<div style="white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;text-transform:none;letter-spacing:normal;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );text-indent:0px"><font face="Segoe UI Historic"><font style="font-size:11.3pt" color="#050505">My
question is this. Has anyone else experienced excessive leakage while using
the thin belt conversion? The Moss instructions imply that the seal rides on
the spacer installed behind the damper pulley. </font></font></div>
<div style="white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;text-transform:none;letter-spacing:normal;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );text-indent:0px"><font color="#050505" face="Segoe UI Historic">Has anyone found a double lip seal
replacement to the standard supplied seal and if yes do you have a reference
P/N?</font></div>
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Year has to be better than 2020.</font></div>
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