Subject: RE: oil pressure sensor leak
Author: Kevin Graf
Date: Jun 13, 2005, 1:22 PM
Post ID: 1719013978
What if you were to plug the hole with some threaded rod, or some sort
of allen plug. Something that might allow you to watch the "crack" and
general area, while running the bike.
Kev
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Jones [mailto:mjon-@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 4:06 PM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: RE: oil pressure sensor leak
Thanks for the help, Greg and Keith. I sure wish the
problem would be a leaky sensor, but it was leaking
with the old one in, too, so perhaps that's not the
problem. Keith, were you able to see the oil actually
leaking out of the sensor when the engine was running?
It's pretty hard to get a good look at the sensor with
the tank on. I guess with some longer fuel line I
could mount the tank remotely. I am afraid that Greg's
suggestion, a crack, may be the culprit. I may have
over-tightened the sensor and cracked the casting. I
didn't strip the threads, though. Looking at the
outside of the casting that the sensor screws into, I
cannot see any cracks, but when I remove the sensor
and look at the surface taht the crush washer sits on,
there seems to be a jagged hairline. I don't know if
that is a mark from the casting or if it is a crack.
Any ideas on how I can determine if it is actually a
crack?
Thanks!
-Mike (69 ambo, 77 vert)
M.Jones, associate editor, Journal for the Study of Religions and
Ideologies (http://hiphi.ubbcluj.ro/JSRI/)
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