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 Posted: 03-04-2007 02:11 pm
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Mark Rosenbaum



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 When I fixed my car's oil pump some five or six years ago, I used 10w40 motor oil to lube the various surfaces, anti-sieze on the bolt threads, and a thin film of Loctite 515 on the sealing surfaces of the oil pump to aux. housing gasket.  Since then, there have been no leaks, quick priming (3-6 seconds, depending), good oil pressure both hot and cold, and no oil pressure problems of any sort.

Of course, since I haven't stripped things down to check on any hypothetical added wear, I can't say if an assembly lube would have prevented any such hypothetical added wear.  I'd expect that it might, but on a daily driver, I doubt there's any reason for concern.  On a race car, though, it might be more important.  Does anyone know what Lotus recommended, at the end?