On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 06:55:08PM -0400, Marla Stelk wrote: > Hello folks, > > I've got an oil leak coming from my oil pressure relief valve plug. I'm a fairly new Westy owner and haven't worked on this part of my van yet, except for changing the oil and putting on a new oil filter. Can anyone tell me if I can just tighten the plug or if I should play it safe and replace the oil pressure valve, spring, seal and plug all at once? I don't want to do any engine damage by overtightening the plug by mistake. More than likely you can either just try to tighten it up, or take it out and put a new (copper??) gasket behind it - can't remember if you need to drain the oil before taking this out. > > 2nd question: My '87 Westy is missing the plate cover for the pushrods - should I be concerned about this? One of the pushrods also has a dent in it where someone shoved a socket in between them to try and loosen the oil drain plug before I got the van. Could this dent cause engine problems? I'm not sure how sensitive the pushrods are... Thanks in advance for any and all help. > The plate protects the pushrods, it's a good idea to have it, they are available, probably at www.busdepot.com, and I wouldn't worry too much about small dents, only big ones. The pushrod is about 1/4 or 3/8 inch in dia. so look at the dent and figure if it could really interfere. Most dents won't.
> Thanks, > Marla Stelk > '87 Van "Morrison" Westy 2.1L DigifantGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com |
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