series 3 21/4 diesel front cover water inlet gasket leak

kevdemps · May 1, 2023

Hi folks
Last year I removed and replaced the front cover after fitting a new timing chain, all water inlet surfaces were clean and flat plus a new gasket fitted and sealed using multi purpose grease all has been well until a couple days ago when on start up a serious water leak occurred, my question is could anyone suggest a more permanent solution to the traditional method used which failed over time.

Thanks in advance
Kevin

lynall · May 1, 2023

People only used grease on one side of the gasket to make the next strip down easier, and of course back in the day gaskets were expensive.
Blue hylomar is good, used both sides of the paper gasket.

Turboman · May 1, 2023

kevdemps said:
Hi folks
Last year I removed and replaced the front cover after fitting a new timing chain, all water inlet surfaces were clean and flat plus a new gasket fitted and sealed using multi purpose grease all has been well until a couple days ago when on start up a serious water leak occurred, my question is could anyone suggest a more permanent solution to the traditional method used which failed over time.

Thanks in advance
Kevin

As suggested, Hylomar is good.

You could also try cutting out a better gasket. You can buy gasket paper in different thicknesses, but a thin cardboard works quite well too. Some of the modern paper gaskets are a bit on the thin side.

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