Just reacquired the 2005 Ford Taurus 3.0 Vulcan with 195k miles on it back from my dad who can no longer drive due to health/age. Noticed it has the infamous timing cover leak (verified visually). Not gushing yet, but intending for this car to be my daughter's school commuter, so will need to fix this leak soon. Anyway, I plan to use the Fel-Pro gasket/seal kit with a Motorcraft waterpump (previous owner put cheapo Autozone pump on it, so don't have much confidence in it).
My question is, how reliable is the Fel-Pro kits crankshaft seal (I am getting the repair sleeve in the kit in case the crankshaft pulley is grooved)? I usually always get OEM seals, but was curious about the Fel-Pro one since I haven't come across any complaints about them while reading up on this job.
For Trav's sake, I do plan on using Hylomar M on the gasket portion.
My question is, how reliable is the Fel-Pro kits crankshaft seal (I am getting the repair sleeve in the kit in case the crankshaft pulley is grooved)? I usually always get OEM seals, but was curious about the Fel-Pro one since I haven't come across any complaints about them while reading up on this job.
For Trav's sake, I do plan on using Hylomar M on the gasket portion.