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Originally Posted by ps2cho
Agreed. You can find out if the upper front timing cover gasket by cleaning the area under the distributor cap with brake cleaner, wiping it then watch and see if you can see oil dripping after a drive. Once it drips there -- it goes everywhere all over the engine. The gasket is a pretty easy fix -- Distributor cap + rotor off, then the chain cover and you are there. No need to remove anything else.
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Almost - you have to do the valve cover as well....... You also have to remove the camshaft adapter which will have a tendency to break. And you might as well do the camshaft seal while you're in there.....
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