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Hey guys, first time posting here.
Spent the last weekend tearing my g/f's truck down to the heads and replacing all the gaskets as she was having a vacuum leak.
She also had an oil leak, which I was hoping it was a valve cover, but it wasn't.
Pulled the water pump and timing cover off. (Used extra RTV sealant on the bottom lip to seal it since I didn't want to deal with the oil pan since it wasn't leaking. Replaced those gaskets.
New thermostat and seal. New main seal. New water pump and fan equipment.
New plugs are in. With new wires on the way.
To the problem:
Like a dummy, I torqued the bottom bolts that go through the front of the oil pan into the timing cover to the same specs of the bolts going from the timing cover into the block. I snapped the of a bolt right off with not much effort in doing so.
Picture: http://imgur.com/a/zc6S0
The very right bolt there circled in red.
Now as I said before I put RTV sealant down on that entire bottom lip.
Should I drill the bolt out? Or try to see if it develops a leak on me?
Remaining items:
Install new water pump.
Wait for fan, clutch, and pully to arrive from rockauto. Let's not talk about why.
Install radiator, fill, and bleed system.
I did the back brakes with new shoes and now the drums won't go back on. I'll have to play with the parking brake and see about fixing that.
Spent the last weekend tearing my g/f's truck down to the heads and replacing all the gaskets as she was having a vacuum leak.
She also had an oil leak, which I was hoping it was a valve cover, but it wasn't.
Pulled the water pump and timing cover off. (Used extra RTV sealant on the bottom lip to seal it since I didn't want to deal with the oil pan since it wasn't leaking. Replaced those gaskets.
New thermostat and seal. New main seal. New water pump and fan equipment.
New plugs are in. With new wires on the way.
To the problem:
Like a dummy, I torqued the bottom bolts that go through the front of the oil pan into the timing cover to the same specs of the bolts going from the timing cover into the block. I snapped the of a bolt right off with not much effort in doing so.
Picture: http://imgur.com/a/zc6S0
The very right bolt there circled in red.
Now as I said before I put RTV sealant down on that entire bottom lip.
Should I drill the bolt out? Or try to see if it develops a leak on me?
Remaining items:
Install new water pump.
Wait for fan, clutch, and pully to arrive from rockauto. Let's not talk about why.
Install radiator, fill, and bleed system.
I did the back brakes with new shoes and now the drums won't go back on. I'll have to play with the parking brake and see about fixing that.
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