Brian Pines

The oracle of Apollo at Delphi considered Socrates the wisest man in Athens because he knew that he knew nothing

i recently was humbled by my 928 when I attempted to put the timing belt cover on and accidentally slackened the belt.

as some pointed out. This has been a blessing in disguise, because my confidence in the previous owners TB job has been steadily crushed.

some updates.



I got the TB tensioner off. It looks original

Sans boot

It looks like the previous owner used some kind of instant gasket or epoxy to seal the water pump? .... Prbly should redo that

Looks like I have a leak coming from somewhere. Tracking this down is my task for the moment.

karl ruiter

Good job going through the whole thing. I would pull the tensioner apart a little further. It has cone shaped washers that act as the de-tensioner element. If they are put in wrong it does not work. Have you found 928srus for your parts? Usual oil leakers are cam tower gaskets (more common on the earliest cars) and pan gasket (always). If pan gasket, it is a bigish job but there is no rush. If cam tower gaskets, they can drip oil on exhaust, which is very bad. Once you get the car together you can figure out if you really like it and want to keep it long term. If so then eventually you will want to do head gaskets just because they are all getting so old that they fail. When you do that you can pull the motor and do the pan gasket at the same time for little extra effort.

Mrmerlin

the usual leaking points are the small dognut and the 2 O rings that seal the front of the cam tower.

NOTE post pictures of the parts before you do anything so you can be properly advised,
EG the tensioner might be OK once you clean it out it has a teflon bore.

Brian Pines

Thank you Karl and Mr. Merlin

I will post more updates by the end of the weekend as to my progress.

Shawn Stanford

I had a leak in the front because the oil separator wasn't tight, might want to start there since it's easy.

Part #30.

Mrmerlin

also make sure the oil fill unit has the 2 bolts tight,
remove the lid,
then the screen.
then tighten the bolt in the bottom of the unit . .
NOTE make sure the socket fits well so you dont drop it