Subject: RE: oil pressure sensor leak
Author: Keith Ruff
Date: Jun 13, 2005, 6:34 AM
Post ID: 1719012002
Maek sure it's not the body of the sensor leaking. Just had this happen
with a brand new switch from MG. Saw oil leaking down the side of the
case and thought it was the crush washer, but when I pulled the boot up
that covers the wire connection, I saw the oil leaking out the top of
the switch by the black body where it meets the metal housing. MG sent
me a free replacement, only have 30 miles on the bike since replacing it
but there is no leak. It does seem more sensative than the last one
though - the oil warning light on the last switch would go out as soon
as I started the bike. This new one will stay lit at idle and shut off
as soon as I rev the engine. Guess the tolerances are different on
these switches.
Keith Ruff
70 Cafe Racer Ambo
Manahawkin, NJ
mjon-@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi, all. I am frustrated by an oil leak at my oil pressure sensor. I had the sensor out, and when I put it back in using the same crush washer it started to leak. I put some thread tape on it but the leak persisted, so I bought a nice copper BMW crush washer from Spare Parts, but it still leaked! I was surprised. I thought perhaps the oil was leaking THROUGH the sensor, so I bought a new sensor and aluminum crush washer from MG Cycle. I installed the new one with thread tape as well as the crush washer. It didn't leak for about 25 miles, but now is leaking worse then ever. I don't know what torque the sensor is supposed to be tightened to, but I feel that if I make it any tighter then I currently have it I will strip out the hole. This is such a simple thing: why am I having so much trouble? -Mike (69 ambo, 77 vert) M.Jones, associate editor, Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies (http://hiphi.ubbcluj.ro/JSRI/) "The heart has its reasons which reason does not know." -Blaise Pascal "With man, instinct and reason avoid each other with adversity, yet, by repudiating each other they lure each other to reach mutual correction." -Lucian Blaga __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs |