<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">Roger,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">"<span class="gmail_default"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">A colleague suggests that Permatex form a gasket aviation stuff - liquid sealant in a tin .." </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">If you use this you may not be able to get it loose again.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">A friend used it on his oil pan, when we went to remove it, it was brutal.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">no leaks though.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">There is also a Boiler (heat) high temp pressure sealant.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Tom Mitchell</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 11:31 PM Roger Grace <<a href="mailto:roggrace@telus.net">roggrace@telus.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>BJ8 with MT 90 oil in transmission.<br></div><div>I am struggling with an oil leak from the drain plug on my transmission.</div><div>The tapered thread plug, not the brass OD one.<br></div><div>On my last attempt I carefully cleaned the plug and the case thread.<br></div><div>Then used used that white Permatex thread sealant.</div><div>Little improvement.</div><div>Kept tightening with lot more torque with 16in breaker bar plus pipe.</div><div>Some minor improvement.</div><div>Fearing damage, now reluctant to do any more tightening.</div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"></span>A colleague suggests that Permatex form a gasket aviation stuff - liquid sealant in a tin ...</div><div>Is this a common issue - maybe a new plug ?</div><div>
Ideas please and your collective wisdom appreciated.<br></div><div>rg<br>

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