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<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">There's the oil diaper that I devised. </span>
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;" class="default-style"> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">This eliminated oil from the front of the engine ever making it to the ground.</span>
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;" class="default-style"> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">I imagine that other engine and trans input shaft seal leaks could reliably be captured this way.</span>
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;" class="default-style"> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Dave H. </span>
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On 07/29/2022 7:50 AM Cliff Hansen <cliff_hansen@outlook.com> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">I replaced the pan gasket on my TR4A about a year ago. I carefully leveled the mating surface using a dolly then a file, new gasket with Permatex #2, and actually used a in-lb torque wrench. Before it leaked moderately from the pan-to-block join. Now it leaks slooowly, accumulating a drop at almost every bolt head, even the bolts that don’t pass into the interior of the engine. It’s frustrating because I’ve managed to solve every other leak.</p>
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<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><strong>From: </strong><a href="mailto:billbrewer59@yahoo.com">William Brewer</a><br><strong>Sent: </strong>Thursday, July 28, 2022 8:19 PM<br><strong>To: </strong><a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">Triumph List</a><br><strong>Subject: </strong>[TR] TR3 Oil Pan Leakage</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> I have been trying to get the oil pan to quit being so leaky for <br>over 30 years and two engine rebuilds now. I made sure that the bolt <br>holes in the pan are lower than the mounting surface. I check the pan <br>fit with a feeler gauge with no gasket. I get everything cleaned off. I <br>have tried Permatex, Aviation Permatex and Hylomar Blue. I have used the <br>recommended torques. Still slowly seeping and dripping over time. It <br>seems worse in the front that the rear and no the front aluminum sealing <br>block isn't stripped out.<br><br> I have family members asking me not to bring the TR3 and Morgan <br>over to their houses because of the amount of drips.<br><br> I have looking over the "Triumph Experience" website and it looks <br>like most owners there have thrown their hands up and given up. Either <br>that or the ones that say that they are drip free probably haven't <br>driven their cars much.<br><br> I've considered CNC'ing a 3/8" steel mounting flange, welding that <br>to the top of the oil sump (the weld would seal on the inside) and then <br>torquing that sonofabitch down tight with permatex on it. No more <br>worrying about flange distortion.<br><br> I've also considered making a sheet metal "catch box" that would <br>mount under the pan and completely enclose it to catch drips. It could <br>be held on with 4 bolts and removed/cleaned out at oil changes. I should <br>make a long aluminum drip pan that goes under the sump, rear seal and <br>transmission.<br><br> Anyone ever get there TR2/3/4 oil pans to stay drip free?<br><br> -Bill Brewer<br><br> Morro Bay, CA<br><br>** triumphs@autox.team.net **<br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs">http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/cliff_hansen@outlook.com"> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/cliff_hansen@outlook.com</a></p>
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