[TR] TR6 Oil Plug washer
John Macartney
standardtriumph at btinternet.com
Tue May 19 10:20:05 MDT 2009
So that treatment would be to conclusively identify whether your Triumph has Athlete's Sump?
Jonmac
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
To: "'Bud Rolofson'" <levilevi at comcast.net>; <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] TR6 Oil Plug washer
>> Is there a particular type of washer that is supposed to be
>> between the oil pan and oil plug? I have a magnetic plug but
>> can't seem to get it to stop leaking.
>
> Those are supposed to be tapered pipe threads, so no washer nor a place to
> put one. If your magnetic plug has a head that is pulling up against the
> surface of the pan, you likely have the wrong plug or the threads in the pan
> are a bit oversize.
>
> I buy socket-head (turn with a hex/Allen key) magnetic plugs from MMC. With
> a bit of Teflon pipe dope, they seal easy, and come out easy.
> http://tinyurl.com/q4nmwt
>
> Of course, being way down low like it is, the oil plug tends to have a drop
> of oil on it even when the leak is somewhere else. I'd also check the area
> above the plug, to be certain it's not damp with oil running down. A trick
> I've heard of but not tried is to spray the area with white foot powder (the
> stuff that goes on wet but dries instantly) to see where the leak is
> actually coming from.
>
> Randall
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