M42 Question: Retroactively making top of timing cover coplanar with head…

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YES! i lifted my car today and i suspected (from the thin film of fresh oil all over the center recess of the lower timing cover) that this may just be the case. as of now, i've slathered on RTV on the...

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did follow these directions when doing the VCG-- VCG looks great so far



yes, that was a definite spot of leakage, which i 'patched'. following day, same spot of oil on the floor...

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While doing my vcg, i noticed that the timing cover doesn’t sit flush with the head, but this was the way it was before so i didn’t think much of it, but ran into a thread where bmwman91 pointed out...