Message text written by "Rich Scotti"
>I'm suffering a nasty problem with an oil leak in my '66 4A. Last week I
pumped over 3 qts of oil on the highways of Northern Cal before I found out
about it. Luckily no loss in oil pressure!
It appears that the "banjo" fitting that connects the oil pressure pipe to
the filter mount is leaking at higher RPM's. Its fine from idle up to about
2k. Whenever I get over 3k RPM it spits out oil and coats the underside of
the car (and all the cars behind me I assume!).
Heres what I tried so far without success.
- Crack on the retaining nut at the end of the stud (30-40#)
- take the whole thing apart and put it together with high-temp gasket
sealer on all surfaces.
- Replace the nylok nut with an official "banjo" nut with the flange
included.
Before I put JB Weld around the whole thing in desperation, maybe the good
folks on this list have some ideas?
Any help would be appreciated.
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Rich, when my TR3 developed a leak at this location I splurged and bought
new copper washers and a new acorn nut (note: the acorn nut is important -
it keeps the oil from bleeding up through the threads and leaking out
anyway). I also took the opportunity to replace the flex line as it looke
to be 43 years old, too. Since then, no problems (rear main still leaks
but, oh well).
That's my suggestion.
Dave
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