Subject: RE: oil pressure sensor leak
Author: Greg Bender
Date: Jun 13, 2005, 2:32 PM
Post ID: 1719014273
That's a good idea, Kev. When I had my oil pressure guage installed, I
had an smaller diameter adapter screwed into the block. I could
certainly "see" what was going on better. You may be able to do the same
thing with a standard 12 x 1.5 mm bolt and a jam nut?
One difference between NPT threads and the metric threads on our oil
pressure gauges is that NPT threads are tapered whereas ours are not. I
think this is good because it greatly reduces the chance of cracking the
case at the fitting.
Talcum powder (or any other readily available powder) might help ID the
leak, too.
Kevin Graf wrote:
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/) "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!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |
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Greg Bender
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