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- From: finnegan@invader.navo.navy.mil (Kenneth Finnegan)
- Subject: Re: GM 2.8L V6 oil leaks
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.155617.27755@cs.tulane.edu>
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- Organization: Grumman Data Systems
- References: <4810@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> <1992Aug17.125525.18555@linus.mitre.org>
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- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 15:56:17 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug17.125525.18555@linus.mitre.org>, pab@security.mitre.org (Paul A. Bicknell) writes:
- |>
- |> With regards to leaking 2.8L Chevy V6s...
- |>
- |> Yes leaking from the valve covers is very common. The motors are put
- |> together without gaskets, rather GM used a gasket paste.
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- If this is the same GM 2.8 litre V6 that Isuzu puts in the V6 Troopers,
- I can vouch for the leaking problem. Every V6 Trooper I have seen
- leaks from those gaskets. I didn't know too much about the motor,
- so I bought the 2.6L 4cyl Trooper, which has an Isuzu motor.
-
- |> Paul Bicknell email: pab@security.mitre.org
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- Kenneth
- finnegan@navo.navy.mil
-