well i replaced the seal in the timing cover and when i was putting the new one on i think i might have stretched the inner seal a litttle bit....will it shrink back down to size or is it ruined?

 

IMHO, a small amount of stretching should not keep it from returning to it's previous size.

 

ok thanks shoebox...please check out my other post about an electric wp and lmk what you think..

 

I had to stretch the hell out of mine. As I remember there are 2 lips. One faces in and one faces out. If you don't stretch the inner, it will roll over and become an outer facing seal and it will leak.

After I did above procedure, no leaks.