help! leaking 95 taurus 3.0 vulcan timing cover

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Backyard Mechanic - 08 Oct 2006 16:56 GMT

.. leaking coolant.

Cant find my 95 cd manual

went to autozone instructions.

Says:

Drain and remove oil pan.

Go to 'oil pan', implies it can be done by dropping starter, exhaust and
insp cover for trans.

Is that right? Thought the engine had to be lifted clear of cradle or etc.

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Backyard Mechanic - 08 Oct 2006 17:08 GMT

> .. leaking coolant.
>
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> Is that right? Thought the engine had to be lifted clear of cradle or
> etc.

Note:
Found in google of this group that some say dont have to drop pan.

Not an option in my case, as I also have had an oil leak for some time in
the same area.. may actually be in the pan to timing cover seal

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ShoeSalesman - 09 Oct 2006 20:07 GMT

> .. leaking coolant.
>
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> Is that right? Thought the engine had to be lifted clear of cradle or etc.

on my 97 same engine just had to drop the exhaust, lots of room after that.

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Bob - 10 Oct 2006 02:52 GMT

Pull the starter and the Y-Pipe, the pan will drop right out after that.
Bob

> .. leaking coolant.
>
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> Is that right? Thought the engine had to be lifted clear of cradle or
> etc.

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Backyard Mechanic - 10 Oct 2006 15:15 GMT

> Pull the starter and the Y-Pipe, the pan will drop right out after that.
> Bob

Yeah.. that was a dumb post. Made the same mistake 'a rookie' would.
Didnt see the tree for the forest.

BTW: PB BLASTER is great stuff... and I would have tried it except for prev
comments on here.

I'll do a PBP review in the next few days.

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