Subject: oil pressure sensor leak
Author: mjon-@yahoo.com
Date: Jun 13, 2005, 5:18 AM
Post ID: 1719011702
Hi, all. I am frustrated by an oil leak at my oil
pressure sensor. I had the sensor out, and when I put
it back in using the same crush washer it started to
leak. I put some thread tape on it but the leak
persisted, so I bought a nice copper BMW crush washer
from Spare Parts, but it still leaked! I was
surprised. I thought perhaps the oil was leaking
THROUGH the sensor, so I bought a new sensor and
aluminum crush washer from MG Cycle. I installed the
new one with thread tape as well as the crush washer.
It didn't leak for about 25 miles, but now is leaking
worse then ever. I don't know what torque the sensor
is supposed to be tightened to, but I feel that if I
make it any tighter then I currently have it I will
strip out the hole. This is such a simple thing: why
am I having so much trouble?
-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
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