Hey all, may be a stupid question but my oil pan gasket is leaking on my 283 and i want to replace the chrome stell pan with a cast aluminum pan that clearly states ("use early thin front seal only") after digging into my motor and removing the old gasket I found that it was using the thicker front gasket. I know the seal "pocket" is a creating of the timing cover and not necessarily the engine. I bought a 1pc. thin style gasket for this pan...do I now need to replace the timing cover to accomodate a "thin" gasket or replace the new pan that accomodates the thick front seal........do all timing covers work with either thick or thin gasket? Help.........
Oil Pan gasket (thick or thin) for sbc
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bob w
Still crazy after all these years!
I think the timing covers are all the same. The difference is in the pans. That being said, I have an aluminum cover on a sbc and it wants a front seal thicker that a thin one and thinner than a thick one.
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Bob , have you been tuning the engine with the garage door closed again.............................................
bob w
Still crazy after all these years!
Nah, I think the front cover is the product of fine Chinese engineering.
