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Re: Stopping oil pan leak

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Subject: Re: Stopping oil pan leak
From: Monica & Jim <monica@snovalley.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 08:29:27 -0700
Organization: UNIX forever
References: <v03007802afde52884104@[204.83.37.77]> <33B8E75C.E80A592A@iconn.net>
Henry Frye wrote:
> 
> Jeff Arrowsmith wrote:
> 
> snip
> > Here was
> > my major brainstorm.......why not use washers to spread the load a bit? I'm
> > going to try it on mine when my gasket drys overnight.....thanks Tony and
> > Henry.:-)
> >

 Hey, here's an idea..... Try not over torking the bolts!
 Over torking will warp the metal. What you need is a good clean flat
surface new gaskit and a little high temp silicon (both sides).

-jimb

http://www.snovalley.com/~monica/jbtr6.html



> 
> Jeff,
> 
> Thank Tony, not me. I just remembered I had archived his post from over
> a year ago!  ;-)
> 
> I think larger washers, to the extent they do not foul the outside lip
> of the pan is a good idea.
> 
> FWIW, Ken Streeter has posted a nice, cleaned up version of Tony's
> advice on the VTR web site, in the maintenance section.
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