Subject: RE: oil pressure sensor leak
Author: Keith Ruff
Date: Jun 17, 2005, 9:12 AM
Post ID: 1719036358
That was the exact problem I had and was trying say in my post. Hope my
new one doesn't do it again - perhaps MG got a bad lot of sensors?
Keith Ruff
70 Cafe Racer Ambo
Manahawkin, NJ
mjon-@yahoo.com wrote:
GOOD NEWS, friends! The leak at my oil pressure sensor is not a crack in the casting, it is the new oil pressure sensor! To me that's great news. Thank you to everyone who replied to my posts. I removed the tank in order to be able to see the sensor from all sides, cleaned the area real well, and dusted it with talc. Then, without the boot on the sensor, I hooked the tank to the carbs using a real long piece of fuel line, started the engine, and shined my 18v flashlight on the offending area. As revs picked up oil quickly oozed out of the part of the sensor where the metal is crimped to the plastic (Bakelite?). Hurray! So I shut it off, screwed the old sensor back in, and ran the same test. The old one leaks, too, but much less then the new one, so while I am waiting for MG to send me a free replacement for the new one I will ride with the old. Praise the Lord for small favors! -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 __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html |