Was there a gasket at all there when you pulled it a part?
You can use Devon Aluminum epoxy to fill in and level off those pits where the gasket seats.
The other pitting in the water passage s does not look to enough to have a concern over.
Pitting like that takes place from way over due antifreeze changes.
What does the cam retaining plate look like?
Is it flat on the cam side or has a groove been worn in it.
I have seen such when a motor was rebuilt and the cam plug in the rear of the motor was driven in with too small a socket and bowed it out which then left no front and rear play to the cam.
Does the rear of the cam look like it was rubbing on the cam plug?
When you pulled the pump off the timing cover was there a plate like this behind it?
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Last edited by steve25; 05-06-2024 at 07:00 PM.
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