Subject: RE: oil pressure sensor leak
Author: Keith Ruff
Date: Jun 13, 2005, 7:30 PM
Post ID: 1719015349
Mike,
When I took a closer look at my switch, I realized the oil was coming
from the top of the switch rather than the bottom. When I slipped the
rubber boot up, oil leaked right out. The boot was holding the oil and
released it all when I moved it. I kept it and the wire off the switch,
fired it up, and saw the oil leak from the top. I'm not sure what you
mean when you say "It's pretty hard to get a good look at the sensor
with the tank on". The switch is right there below the left side gen
cover above the left cylinder - tank is not anywhere near being in the
way. Are you talking about something else?????
Keith Ruff
70 Cafe Racer Ambo
Manahawkin, NJ
mjon-@yahoo.com wrote:
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 |