Is this timing chain cover going to leak oil?

[tech71]

 

Edited April 15, 2022 by tech71

[Eissmann]

I checked my tensioner piston and can hear the ball when I shake it

[Eissmann]

Since we’re talking about oil pan gaskets, is this Victor Reinz a good gasket?  Since
getting it I have read some where that cork is not so good for  m10 oil pans.

 

[Buckeye]

I recall mine was some sort of rubber gasket, but see BMW OEM is cork too. 

[Eissmann]

41 minutes ago, Buckeye said:

I recall mine was some sort of rubber gasket, but see BMW OEM is cork too. 

If cork is good enough for BMW OEM then it should be good enough for me. 

[tech71]

Good enough for me too

[Einspritz]

I won't use a cork gasket since the time I purchased my M3. The gasket had turned to Swiss cheese with the "rubber" degrading to allow LARGE gaps and holes allowing the oil to flow.

 

Paper with a quick spray of gasket sealer on both sides ..... Once and done.

 

Do be sure to peen the pan bolt holes back to flat before painting and assembly then tighten in stages.

[Son of Marty]

3 minutes ago, Einspritz said:

Do be sure to peen the pan bolt holes back to flat before painting and assembly then tighten in stages.

+1 on dimpling the pan your #1 step to prevent a seeping gasket.. I also prefer paper pan gasket.

[tech71]

30 minutes ago, Son of Marty said:

I also prefer paper pan gasket.

Me too but hey, Its paid for

[Einspritz]

So is the Swiss cheese

[Eissmann]

Covers are back on the motor as well as the crank pulley. Getting ready to put oil pan back but I need to find a small ball pein  hammer to fix the dimples.  
here’s an upskirt shot of the motor. 

[Hans]

Are people peening with the flat or round end of the hammer?

[jimk]

I couldn't handle the noise, so I used two sockets of different sizes, one on each side of the flange and a c-clamp to draw the pan.  Hammer just bounced, the pan is quite hard to reform with a hammer.

[Eissmann]

26 minutes ago, jimk said:

I couldn't handle the noise, so I used two sockets of different sizes, one on each side of the flange and a c-clamp to draw the pan.  Hammer just bounced, the pan is quite hard to reform with a hammer.

Interesting approach. Are you using the sockets on each side of the sheet metal to be flattened and squeezing with a c-clamp?

[jimk]

2 hours ago, Eissmann said:

one on each side of the flange

Yes, smaller one on the high side.