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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 09:57 PM
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its been driving me crazy..it was leaking for awhile and then it stop.. the other day it started again and then it stopped a few dayz later..now its leaking again...its tight already and if i go any tighter than i might break something..so i dont want to do that..i checked and i didnt break the case bottom of the motor...but i know its leaking from the bolt...anything ideas to make it stop leaking???any help will be great thanks...
 
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 10:36 PM
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is it leaking from the oil change bolt?..........that happens to me all the time.......it usually leaks because dirt gets on that washer on the oil change bolt or on the crank case where the bolt hole is.......clean those 2 areas up real good with carb or brake cleaner or even gas and put it back in, i usually tighten mine with a breaker bar cuz it does need to be on their real tight to seal up but you need to have a real good feeling for how tight the bolt should be to do that or else you probally will crack the case halfs..........while you have the bolt off it is also a good idea to take some non-silicone gasket maker(the brown/black kind) and put it on the threads and washer and that will make shure its sealed up good.........another suggestion is to find a rubber o-ring the size of the bolt and stick it on there and that should work but before you try the gasket maker or the o-ring just clean up those areas with sumthin and see if that works

if its not commin from the drain bolt then you got some problems.......either theirs a hairline crack in the case(s) that you cant see or a seal broke where the case halfs meet and you will need to split the cases and re seal it up with some 3-bond..........a cheaper alternative to doing that is just to jb weld spot where the leak is, jb holds up real good and if its don right it will last for ever and nuthin will leak from it
 
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 10:46 PM
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thanks man, im do for an oil change anyways so ill just clean up everything when i do that...yeah 110% sure thats its leaking from the drain bolt so i dont have to worry about any cracks in the case or anything...thanks for the help...
 
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