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#75420 03/25/2007 7:40 PM | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 34 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 34 | Hello,
I have not been on this page in a while. Everything has been fine with my truck. I had engine and trans pulled and resealed but still have a nagging leak at oil filter. The surface that the filter seals against is pitted.
I was wonder if there are any solutions out there for this other that pulling the engine and trying to resurface that face.
Maybe there is a homemade gasket solution or sealant. If you have it please share it.
Thanks
O Blue just flipped the odometer again. Unsure how many times this one was.
Steve | | |
#75421 03/25/2007 8:15 PM | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | shor,
I had to do a little research to figure out what truck and engine you have..it probably wouldn't hurt to update your profile with current info.
With either a spin on or a cartridge in a can, there is a nice soft gasket that should seal against almost surface. Sometimes the old gasket gets left in the groove (canister) and that can cause leaks.
If the sealing surface is so eroded that a leak free connection can't be made, maybe you could sand it to a bright clean surface and coat it with some Devcon or similar epoxy. After it was dry you could sand it flat and smooth to regain your sealing surface.
I would make sure I had the proper filter first and that it was sealing against a clean surface. It would seem to me that big old fat gasket that comes with oil filters would seal well against almost anything. Is this really where it is leaking?
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#75422 03/25/2007 8:36 PM | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 83 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 83 | maybe try j-b weld . area must be clean . & it hardens like steel . | | |
#75423 03/26/2007 6:42 AM | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 863 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 863 | You could always put a little silicone sealant onto
the 0-ring/gasket that will seal better on the pitting | | |
#75424 03/27/2007 3:25 AM | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 34 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 34 | Well thank you for your replies. To update my information a little I have a 65 stepside with a 230 and a spin on oil filter. I was going to look into another filter out of LMC or something just to see if it was any different because right now a regular filter out of the book does not get it done. The gasket on most filters is really not that soft but instead really hard. After all it has to hold back about 40 psi. The face/seat on the block is pitted bad. It would be difficult to clean it well enough for devcon to stick and even more difficult to get it sanded real smooth and in a machined flat finish.
If I can't find a fix for this I am going to a rubber hose and gasket shop here and I will have one cut out of heavy neoprene and see what happens. We have large hose shops in this area that can make anything like that so I am optomistic. Besides its really not a bad leak at all I just want it to be perfect.
Steve
"O Blue" may be for sale soon. Really finished all I wanted to do with it and my son and I are ready to move on. | | |
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