R/R front crank seal on 4kq -- pt. IV

[Richard J. Andrews]

yes...
i had changed to Mobil 1 15/50 and had been changing the oil weekly...
the oil leak started as i thought i would...
it was all over the belts and harmonic balancer and such...
it was evident that it was leaking from the seal with the harmonic balancer 
off the engine...
I have had the timing belt cover bolts produce leaks.. so that could be 
your problem as well..

HTH!
rich
'86 4kq

At 06:14 PM 9/4/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi,
>I posted a more detailed msg to the list, but had a few simple Qs:
>
>--how did you know your front crank seal was leaking?  I removed the upper
>timing belt cover and looked down inside.  No evidence of oil.  Also, no oil
>on the bottom outside of the lower timing belt cover either.  Just loads of
>oil down the driver's side of the oil pan and lower block.
>--did I forget to tighten a bolt when I R/R the TB and h2o pump 20k miles ago?
>
>Thanks.  Sorry to drag this on.
>
>Jan