srgunz Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I am putting on a new timing chain kit on the L28 in my 240Z. The old tensioner had a gasket behind it. The parts manuals do not even show it. The kit did not have it either. I assume everyone reassembles without gasket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srgunz Posted March 21, 2012 Author Share Posted March 21, 2012 OK, Put back together without the gasket. Front cover is going back on now. Then I can get the oil pan back on and the car back on the ground. With the unusual warm weather here, this is the earliest I have ever worked on the Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-ya Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 OK, Put back together without the gasket. Front cover is going back on now. Then I can get the oil pan back on and the car back on the ground. With the unusual warm weather here, this is the earliest I have ever worked on the Z. You don't need a gasket. What gasket set are you using? I've never seen a cam chain tensioner gasket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srgunz Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Mine had a thin gasket from the factory. I got to talk with a 68 year old retired Datsun mechanic. He assured me the factory installed them but are not available and no gasket kits had them. I checked the parts manual and he is correct. Very strange the the factory used them new. No one will ever see this unless you take apart a motor that has never been apart before. And finding one of those is rare. Mine happens to be one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazeum Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 For 1 second, I freaked out since I've just rebuild mine with no gasket & fit engine back last week Did not see any gasket either on manuals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djz Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I recently bought a gasket set here in New Zealand which is a Permaseal branded one, it had the first tensioner gasket I've ever seen it in - there's one problem though, it's not the full size of the tensioner so the oil gallery on the rear of the tensioner isn't surrounded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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