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Discussion in '308/328' started by teveo, May 25, 2008.

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  1. teveo

    teveo Formula Junior

    Oct 1, 2005
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    Trond Vidar
    #1 teveo, May 25, 2008
    I was setting the timing on my silver GTS yesterday, I have just finished changing the cambelts/bearings and am now putting all back together.

    Modified the distributors to 1 point system as well, set initial ignition by hand and went on to set the idle advance at 7 degrees.
    The car fired up with around 0 degrees, after a while I had both distributors set at 6-7 degrees (they jump between 5 to 7).

    Turned off the engine and has a quite big pool of oil under the front distributor a smaller under the rear dizzy, both distributors were really loose and not tight at all as it makes tuning easy.

    Should I suspect the seals in the "cam covers" or just blame it to a loose distributor? I have not really torqued down the distributors before, so the cover had not really set. I am going to drive it a little an see if it holds tight.
     
  2. Irishman

    Irishman F1 Rookie

    Oct 13, 2005
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    Kevin
    #2 Irishman, May 25, 2008
    I definitely had oil drips from the distributors while I was fiddling with the timing. Once you are all done you can try cleaning things up and then checking the cam covers again.
     
  3. yelcab

    yelcab F1 World Champ
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    Nov 29, 2001
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    Mitchell Le
    #3 yelcab, May 25, 2008
    Get used to it. Even new oil seals will not stop it 100%. The weak link is the simple o-ring between the dizzy shaft and the cam shaft end. I even plugged up the cam shaft and it did not help a whole lot.

    Every time you open your hood, a simple wipe will help keep it clean.
     

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