I was told that the cam seal on my 1997 z28 camaro is leaking oil. If i take off the opti spark distributor is there a seal there?

The car has over 100,000 miles. Would it be a good idea to replace anything else while i have it apart? water pump, opti spark, etc..

Thanks

 

yea their is a seal their i have a write up on how to change it out! depending on how old your waterpump and hoses are and what shape they are in would be the determining factor on what you will want to change out!
http://www.impalasuperstore.com/nais...TOPIC_ID=30984

 

Thank you brianswimmer23.

Thanks to your pics im going for it. Does the motor have to be at TDC before i remove the opti?

 

No, the opti will only fit onto the locating dowel on the cam snout one way so it doesn't matter what position the crank is at.

 

...but the opti will not slide by the crank hub unless the engine is at 1 or 6 TDC where the wide part of the hub spokes are pointed up.

 

Good point, I wasn't thinking along those lines.

 

Thanks for all the help. I just got the distributor out and oil had come out of it. I was just wondering if the distributor is sposed to have some oil in it somewere?

 

Nope, oil should not be inside the opti

 

I bought o-rings for the water pump, but i dont see a old o-ring on it. It does'nt look like theres a spot for one to go on.