Questions about changing timing chain cover gasket and chain

[gabegt90]

I just found out that it is the water pump gasket that is bad but still I said to my self next time I change my water pump I'm chaning the timing chain and cover gasket I have to anyway because the front of the pan gasket is stating to leak

[TommyN]

Couple pointers.

Tape over the front of the exposed oil pan when scraping the old timing cover gasket off the front of the block. I didn't do this and a piece of the gasket got wedged in the oil pump seizing it. Luckily I noticed I had 0 oil pressure and turned it off before the bearings seized.

Secondly, here is my trick for removing the damper bolt.

Remove the crank pulley. You can hold the pulley from rotating if necessary by having one breaker bar/socket (15/16") on the damper bolt while you are loosening the 4 crank pulley bolts. With the pulley off, thread 2 bolts into adjacent crank pulley holes and put a pry bar in between them so that you can turn the crank clockwise with the pry bar. Holding the pry bar, use the breaker bar/socket to loosen the damper bolt.

Good luck.

Tom