Saturntech:top end oil leakage 98 Saturn SL2

Tiny
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  • MECHANIC
  • 1998 SATURN SL2
  • 1.9L
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
  • MANUAL
  • 160,000 MILES
Someone already put the felpro blue not sure how far bak a few yrs I think. Do they go bad like shrink I just did a starter and noticed oil up on manifold runners and all the way down engine also on crank pulley side and car leaks on ground I pulled topcover and I see it's the same gasket set I am about to use and it dont look bad actually. The spark plug hole far left has a little oil sitting. Is this felpro replacement any good? Would silicone help? There's 4 block sensors around starter but none of them looked like leakers. I hate doin work and no improvement!
Monday, June 16th, 2014 AT 6:09 PM

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Tiny
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I put a felpro one on my 1999 sl2 it worked well the gaskets do compress and leak over time. You must put a bead of silicone across both T joints where the front cover meets the head or you will have a leak right away.
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Monday, June 16th, 2014 AT 7:38 PM
Tiny
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Seems like a weird design no actual pressure from bolts on cover I guess I could understand it with a plastic cover? Ford (better idea) tempo tried same route with an aluminum cover what a mess! Japs used o ring with aluminum and solid bolt down I think that is best simplest design! With this LOOSE?FLOATING approach I can see seepage is getting past gasket I wonder if high mileage blowby is also not helping with seepage? And what do you mean by t-joint?
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 AT 12:48 AM
Tiny
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Ok I reread and checked car and see there was some silicone applied to the cover joint before.
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 AT 9:33 AM
Tiny
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I am also thinking the design of the gasket is faulty? There is this raised ridge on the head contact area that I think should be a slot/groove instead. I wonder if any experimentation was done on the design originally? The auto industry has become such an BUY IT and TRY IT HYPE monster driven by BENJAMINS?
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 AT 11:06 AM
Tiny
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Please post a pic of the area your asking about not being flat.
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 AT 12:06 PM

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