first facts, no 96 ever had a pan gasket, ever. (new)
All came from the factory with RTV sealant and pressure tested in the factory (done right this)
what transmission?
fact 2, is if you use the early gaskets on 1996+, the CKP goes dead. due to the gasket causing the CKP sensor to stand off from the block and fails.
did you just get this car? just bought it? and curing leaks now, or did it leak for the last 60,000 miles.?
if yes, then I bet it's not the pan gasket, Ok?
first off all other things leak first. (they sure do)
valve cover, gasket goes hard, and leaks, on any or all 4 sides, gravity makes it go down., a 60k service point too.
where is yours leaking? now< all 4 sides of engine or just one, side? now?
the 3 distributor oil seals leak, 1 for distrib, (oiring) and 1 base seal oiring and one rear cam cap mount. (linked below)
front cam seal leaks., but is VC leaking
front crank seal leaks. but is VC leaking.
rear crank seal leaks (rare) but is VC and distrib leaking,
and last the pan, always last if not molested before.(very rare if original) blame me last, for sure.
better is clean the whole engine 100 % clean,
then drive, look , drive look, find it.
saves a bunch of hard work doing the pan then finding that now the pan really leaks and did not before.
my 96 engine leaked day one. (my story)
it seemed to leak from pan, (was NOT)
if found ,like all are now,) that all the distributor seals leaked.
and VC gaskets. (even spark wells filled with oil(look yet>)
CUred NOW, it still leaked for 6 long mounts due to the sponge effect. many things retained oil
the last to stop leaking , oddly as hell was the harness loom for the CKP was full oil and dripped from months until dry.
the harness below the intake manifold had oil in it too.,
the engine has a gravity effect and windage, effect and combine.
so even upper seals leak down and to there rear or even and a chaos way,,, fooling just about anyone, until you learn this fact.
if you did the 60k tuneup,(service point 60,000) miles with a new timing belt.
you'd see what>? front VC is no good because you had a newone in a box from Felpro, to set lash at 60k and new gates timing belt(cam)
then you'd see the VC gasket is cracker hard and brittle and if the cam or crank seals leak.( or falsely blame the seals for the so common VC gaskets bad)
The VC leaks makes 9 of 10 people here, think both seals leak and it does not, (gravity did that)
no 96 has good a VC or distributor seals never replaced , not one.
impossible to be good this old, very impossible.
front VC here
http://www.fixkick.com/t-belt/16V/mine/cam-cog1w.jpg
DIstrib base ring goes hard cracks (and one ring on end of distributor shaft will be hard and collapsed or cracked or both)
http://www.fixkick.com/buy-parts.html#bedda
the head work done wrong also causes leaks on rear of head, by machnics that fail to read real service manual for suzuki
see here,
step 4 in the manual (see words sensor safe?)
http://www.fixkick.com/engine/97-motor-p...ge_45.html
All came from the factory with RTV sealant and pressure tested in the factory (done right this)
what transmission?
fact 2, is if you use the early gaskets on 1996+, the CKP goes dead. due to the gasket causing the CKP sensor to stand off from the block and fails.
did you just get this car? just bought it? and curing leaks now, or did it leak for the last 60,000 miles.?
if yes, then I bet it's not the pan gasket, Ok?
first off all other things leak first. (they sure do)
valve cover, gasket goes hard, and leaks, on any or all 4 sides, gravity makes it go down., a 60k service point too.
where is yours leaking? now< all 4 sides of engine or just one, side? now?
the 3 distributor oil seals leak, 1 for distrib, (oiring) and 1 base seal oiring and one rear cam cap mount. (linked below)
front cam seal leaks., but is VC leaking
front crank seal leaks. but is VC leaking.
rear crank seal leaks (rare) but is VC and distrib leaking,
and last the pan, always last if not molested before.(very rare if original) blame me last, for sure.
better is clean the whole engine 100 % clean,
then drive, look , drive look, find it.
saves a bunch of hard work doing the pan then finding that now the pan really leaks and did not before.
my 96 engine leaked day one. (my story)
it seemed to leak from pan, (was NOT)
if found ,like all are now,) that all the distributor seals leaked.
and VC gaskets. (even spark wells filled with oil(look yet>)
CUred NOW, it still leaked for 6 long mounts due to the sponge effect. many things retained oil
the last to stop leaking , oddly as hell was the harness loom for the CKP was full oil and dripped from months until dry.
the harness below the intake manifold had oil in it too.,
the engine has a gravity effect and windage, effect and combine.
so even upper seals leak down and to there rear or even and a chaos way,,, fooling just about anyone, until you learn this fact.
if you did the 60k tuneup,(service point 60,000) miles with a new timing belt.
you'd see what>? front VC is no good because you had a newone in a box from Felpro, to set lash at 60k and new gates timing belt(cam)
then you'd see the VC gasket is cracker hard and brittle and if the cam or crank seals leak.( or falsely blame the seals for the so common VC gaskets bad)
The VC leaks makes 9 of 10 people here, think both seals leak and it does not, (gravity did that)
no 96 has good a VC or distributor seals never replaced , not one.
impossible to be good this old, very impossible.
front VC here
http://www.fixkick.com/t-belt/16V/mine/cam-cog1w.jpg
DIstrib base ring goes hard cracks (and one ring on end of distributor shaft will be hard and collapsed or cracked or both)
http://www.fixkick.com/buy-parts.html#bedda
the head work done wrong also causes leaks on rear of head, by machnics that fail to read real service manual for suzuki
see here,
step 4 in the manual (see words sensor safe?)
http://www.fixkick.com/engine/97-motor-p...ge_45.html
http://www.fixkick.com