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- From: lockwood@acidqueen.Eng.Sun.COM (Jim Lockwood)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: GM 2.8L V6 oil leaks
- Date: 25 Aug 1992 21:40:39 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
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- In article <1684E9450.R1004@vmcms.csuohio.edu> R1004@vmcms.csuohio.edu writes:
- >>
- >> The main problem is Chevy didn't machine the gasket surface, like
- >>practically everyone else in the world. They expected the wimpy narrow
- >>little gasket to seal against the rough casting. Brrp. Wrong. Also,
- >> V8s tend to pump enough oil to the top end for the gasket line to
- >>be below the oil level once they've built up a good layer of crud
- >>blocking the oil return drilling at the back of the head.
- >>
- >
- >
- > News to me. On *ALL* the chevies I've had apart - and Fords
- >and Chryslers - I have *NEVER* seen this "unmachined gasket surface".
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- It's there. On every iron head, small block Chevy V8 I've ever seen.
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- You may want to take another look.
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- Regards,
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- Jim Lockwood - KM6NK
- notjim@acidqueen.eng.sun.com
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