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None of the timing cover bolt holes are “wet”(actually I can’t think of any in the mod motors that are)
 
XR7-4.6 said:
None of the timing cover bolt holes are “wet”(actually I can’t think of any in the mod motors that are)
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That’s super weird, my pops and I literally took of the charger bracket and left the 2 bolts out and had 0 leaks, out the bracket back on and the leak came back. Pretty frustrated at this point.

I start my new job tomorrow so I’ll have a lil time after work to try something out.

Thanks for the info btw
 
I thought there was a bolt that would leak but the explorer front cover had that bolt. am I on crack?
 
KevinVarnes said:
What is leaking? Oil, coolant, something else?
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It’s leaking engine oil from the timing cover in that general area. It’s the same leak from prior rebuild that killed my engine 😭
Grog6 said:
I thought there was a bolt that would leak but the explorer front cover had that bolt. am I on crack?
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if so we’re both on crack haha
 
What is immediately behind the cover? Just the chains and guides?

Is it the correct bolt to be using there? Should it be shorter or longer, perhaps?

Is the cover metal fatigued and installing the bolt separate / crack the metal enough?

How fast / slow is the leak?
 
XR7-4.6 said:
It’s could be a PS pump leak if it’s in that area,
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Nahh it’s the opposite side of the cover.
CDsDontBurn said:
What is immediately behind the cover? Just the chains and guides?

Is it the correct bolt to be using there? Should it be shorter or longer, perhaps?

Is the cover metal fatigued and installing the bolt separate / crack the metal enough?

How fast / slow is the leak?
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It’s a steady leak, not GUSHING but it definitely don’t stop. And behind the cover is just the chain and guides.



1 cool thing I noticed is, with the charger in there is basically no chop. When I removed the charger to check for the leak, it chopped so cool for some reason, not sure why that is.
 
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Front covers get holes worn in them from the belt tensioner. move it and look behind pullies.this is inside the front cover:

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This is an 04 towncar motor.
 
Note the plastic tensioners. Those, and everything else on the front was replaced. I rebuilt my iron tensioners, and that plastic on the sliders fails early, and clogs the oil pickup. It was changed by 07. This id why 5.4's break chains; 4" longer chains, poor tension w/closed throttle low rpms.
Ours have ratchets to prevent slop.
 
Grog6 said:
Front covers get holes worn in them from the belt tensioner. move it and look behind pullies.this is inside the front cover:

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This is an 04 towncar motor.
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What do you mean by worm holes??

I did the racket mod to my iron tensioner while they were out, supposedly they help when you 2 step or bang off the limiter.
 
How do you get wormholes from HOLES WORN IN THE FRONT COVER. Seriously. It's not that rare, if you leave the idler long enough.
And I'm the stoner here, lol.
 
Grog6 said:
How do you get wormholes from HOLES WORN IN THE FRONT COVER. Seriously. It's not that rare, if you leave the idler long enough.
And I'm the stoner here, lol.
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😂😅 my bad the dank got me reading something different haha I’m gonna take the bracket off Thursday an check it out. Kinda wanna get a bore scope to get a gooder look in there since it’s so dang tight.

 
It's 3 bolts for the tensioner, one for the idler, and look along where the belt runs, but, if it's a belt hole, the belt will be oily.

Edit: more toys are cool too. hell, you could diy colonoscopy with that, lol.
 
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