coolant leak

[j95z]

Hello. I have a question about my 96 corsica? I'm not to sure about this and I'm hoping you can answer this: is it possible to have a cooloant leak from timing cover gasket? It was only leaking when car cooled off but now it leaks all the time. At first I though it was the LIM gasket but not sure. I haven't pulled anything apart because I'm uncertain where its coming from. Can any1 help me? Thanks!

[rx191]

the timming cover gasket can be leaking but i would put blame on the intake gaskets or the water pump before the timming cover, it is pretty rare the timming covers leak. how many miles are on it.

[spacecadetz26]

my timing cover leaked. now my car is a lawn ornament.

[j95z]

the car has almost 132k on it. the leak comes from the bolt near the belt tensioner on the timing cover gasket but i guess until i take it apart i wont be sure so i cant rule out the lim but i know its not the water pump, i've watched it leak out.

[rx191]

it mite be the timming cover i don't think the intake could find it's way in that area, i think it would only run behind the timming cover.

[spacecadetz26]

I resealed the timing cover on my car 3 times. I replaced the cover on the last one and it still leaked so my guess is my block was warped or cracked.

[geoffinbc]

Did you put thread sealer on the bolts when you installed the cover?

[j95z]

Ok to answer the the 1 question i haven't replaced anything yet cause i was waiting to tear it down a bit, but after taking out alt and alt bracket i can see that its clearly leaking from lim and its running down the side of timing cover which is why at first i thought it was the timing cover gasket. its been leaking for 2 days straight and i havent even driven or started the damn thing so off it goes to get repaired causes its to cold here in nj and i dont have the time to fix it myself. Thanks for input guys!

[geoffinbc]

Yea thats a typical problem.

[TheProfessor]

ok am i stupid or are we talking about coolant leaking from the timing cover

[KNTRDR]

We were, now we're talking about coolant leaking from the lower intake manifold...a common problem for 3100s and 3400s.

[TheProfessor]

Ok, how does coolant leak from a timing cover??

[bszopi]

Like this....

[j95z]

well it turns out that it was both LIM and timing cover gasket. Oh the joy I'm feeling about this crap...........