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Re: Timing chain cover Q and camshaft

To: Nolan Penney <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
Subject: Re: Timing chain cover Q and camshaft
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 07:57:27 +0000
Every Mk1 I have bought had it (unless somebody removed it because they thought 
it looked ugly)!

JOe

Nolan Penney wrote:
> 
> My understanding is it has to do with noise reduction.  However, I don't see 
>the blob on earlier engines, and I don't see it on MG 1500's except rarely.
> 
> >>> Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com> 03/01 10:52 PM >>>
> 
> Spit listers,
>   Every timing chain cover I've seen has this
> plaster-like (more like concrete) substance caked onto
> the surface of it. Either within the recesses of the
> quartered sections or globbed on like a large pancake.
>   What is this stuff? I can't believe that much dirt
> just accumulates right on that spot. Can I just remove
> it, or does it serve some purpose as an insulator?

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