All back together now and no leaks. Screen nut torqued to 95 in lb. Thanks for everyone’s help. On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 3:14 PM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: > Wow! > > That is strange. My air cooled memory says just the threee. > > I wonder if it was on the outside with the crush washer and just stuck > there. > > On my 1.9 I had a kind of plastic washer and I used it over and over for > the 7 years I had the fan. No leaks. I’d kind of like to know what that > was and where to get more! > > Best > > Eric Caron > > > > > On Oct 23, 2020, at 3:01 PM, Geoffrey Toye <geoffreytoye@GMAIL.COM> > wrote: > > > > I am cleaning the oil strainer on a 2L Type IV motor in my 1981 Westie > for > > the first time (under my ownership). I bought a gasket set that includes > > the two large paper gaskets and the aluminum crush washer. However, > when I > > took the strainer off, in addition to the three gaskets I have in the > kit a > > fourth rubber washer came out? I am not sure where it came from but it > > came out with the strainer itself. Also, it's split and I assume it > should > > be replaced. Looking at the parts catalog I have I see no mention of > it. Any > > ideas guys and girls where this goes? > > |
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