Wardy,
Use Loctite 601on the sender.
Cheers
Feral Errol
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From: Philip Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: incessant oil leak.
Date: Friday, June 09, 2000 3:47
Mark have you tryed teflon tape.
Philip J Shields
>From: "Mark Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "Ozdat Mail List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: incessant oil leak.
>Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 12:09:04 +1000
>
>G'day listers, just wanted a few ideas to try and stop this bloody oil
leak
>I've got.
>
>Short story - I got myself an FJ20T and was pulling all the bits off it I
>didn't need. I took off the oil pressure sender unit and was in the
>process of taking off the 45 degree adapter (for the oil pressure sender)
>when the head snapped off leaving the threaded portion in the block. So I
>went to "easy" it out but it wouldn't budge, so I put a bit of elbow
grease
>into it and believe it or not, suceeded in cracking the small raised
>portion of the block that normally meets the oil pressure sender. So
after
>I managed to get the threaded bit out, I welded up the cracks that I made
>and as the thread inside the hole was stuffed, I re-tapped the hole. The
>sender goes in sweet, but now there is a constant drip of oil from the
>sender hole. I've tried all types of tricks - thread tape, silicon, but
it
>only lasts until the engine warms up and it's dripping again. I've been at
>it for days to try and fix it but I'm getting the sh*ts with it.
>
>Sooooo,
>
>What to do ? (I wish I never took that bloody 45 degree adapter out !)
>Ideas ?
>
>
>Ta, Wardy
>
>
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