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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: 3 Sep 1992 19:07:58 GMT
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- In article <laamqiINNr3v@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> wdh@oversteer.Eng.Sun.COM writes:
- >In 1987 GM redesigned the cylinder head on the 2.8 (and also the 4.3-I think)
- >to raise the height of the casting where it meets the valve cover. This enables
- >the gasket to be above the oil level. The gasket is supposed to last longer
- >as it is not constantly submerged in the oil.
- >
-
- This belongs in the "They just don't learn" department.
-
- In 1959 GM redesigned the cylinder head on the 283 (but perhaps nothing else)
- to raise the height of the casting where it meets the valve cover. This enabled
- the gasket to be above the oil level. The gasket was supposed to last longer
- as it was not constantly submerged in the oil.
-
- :-)
-
-
- Regards,
-
- Jim Lockwood - KM6NK
- lockwood@acidqueen.eng.sun.com
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