View single post by Brett Gibson JH5 20497
 Posted: 07-19-2005 03:35 pm
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Brett Gibson JH5 20497

 

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 Frank, you are correct there are no special washers or sealers it's just a male to female fit, personally if it was me I would put a little pipe dope on the threads and on the male cone style fitting that way it would reduce any chance in getting it into the engine, I dont think that a small amount though would bother anything, make sure when tightening that you hold back a wrench on the cooler it self and torque it down good and tight.

If your still leaking after that then the female fitting is probably distorted and it's time for replacement, plus 30 year old rubber hoses that carry the life's blood of your engine should be replaced just for piece of mind, the stainless ones Delta sell's run about $100 and worth every penny, and one last thing those fittings should normally be good to hold better than 100 psi possibly close to 200 psi so trying to reduce oil pressure probably wont help, ( and then you might create other problems )

Good luck      Brett.