Subject: RE: oil pressure sensor leak
Author: Greg Bender
Date: Jun 14, 2005, 3:15 PM
Post ID: 1719020062
Hi Mike,
Talcum powder is useful because you can shake some on the area and see
where it absorbs the oil...that's all.
As for the bolt, you are right, a short bolt would crush the washer
sufficiently and perhaps let you see what was going on. I lieu of the
short bolt, I was just thinking that you could grab an existing longer
bolt, spin a nut on there, screw the bolt into the case, then tighten
the nut down on top of the case while holding the bolt to prevent it
from turning...with the washer there, of course. I refer to this
technique as using a "jam nut". Not sure that the term is universal
outside of the farming community in which I was raised in south central
Kansas. :>
mjon-@yahoo.com wrote:
I'm not sure how a bolt or set screw would seal, since it wouldn't crush a washer. Perhaps a bolt that is the same length as the sensor would squish a washer enough to seal. It's a thought! So how would I use the talc to diagnose the leak? -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 __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html |
Regards,
Greg Bender
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