oil leak. fixable?

fivespeedsteed

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Oct 17, 2003
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is there a way to fix a minor leak of oil coming from somewhere in the timing chain area? its a real tiny bit. can i take it somewhere so they can use some kind of putty or something? just throwing something out there. any way to do it aside from changing the gasket? thanks.
 
not really, changing it is pretty straight forward and you could do it easily. just remove the accessories and the water pump, timing chain cover, balancer, don't forget to remove the couple of oil pan bolts under the timing chain cover before you try to remove it. ALSO, try to locate exactly were the leak is coming from. more than likely its the front seal in the cover that the crank goes around. very easy to replace, just need to remove the balance and crank pully, make sure not to scratch the crank when removing it though. pressure wash the area and check for the leak again, very easy fix.