Leaking taco plate...again, getting really tired of this Options

[ChrisReale]

So my car decided to dump oil all over the floor of my parking space, pissing off the management. Ive spent the last two saturdays cleaning up the mess. I got around to replacing the rubber o-ring, lightly coated it in black sealent to help it stay put. New paper gasket and copper crush gaskets. Today I see it is still leaking oil. There always seems to be a drop hanging off the temp sender wire and a small puddle of oil about 4 inches in diameter right under the taco plate. Im getting tired of this. Im "pretty" sure my plate is not taco'ed, but not 100%. Any other ideas or should I just source a new plate? Oh, and I am not even using synthetic anymore, this is with dino schtuff (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif)

[Mark Henry]

QUOTE (Cap'n Krusty @ Nov 12 2005, 12:04 PM)

REPEAT AFTER ME!: "Sealing surfaces with o-rings are designed to have clean, direct contact between the metal and the o-ring. Sealant used in these applications generally, if not always, leads to leakage."........ Paper or composition gasket = sealant OK. Rubber or polymer o-ring = No sealant. How hard is that? The Cap'n

3-4 years ago I would have totally agreed with you on this.

(BUT I'll never agree with you about head shims...haven't put any in an engine since 1990 and never will, period.)


When I first started surfing the STF, I thought Jake was full of shit when he said to use liquid Teflon on the push rod seals, etc. Then I met Jake in person, found he was a nice guy with a passion for these engines. He asked me to just try it and see what happens. I've always been anal about polishing the sealing surfaces, but still would get the odd drip, since I started doing this Jakes way my engines are 99.9% leak free.

I still don't agree with Jake every time, but I do respect his opinion.