Posted by Mark on December 14, 2009 at 11:12:23 from (67.140.133.18):
Had a leak coming from the oil pan and/or rear main seal on a SC I recently bought. I dropped the pan and cleaned it up nice and tidy...didn"t find anything out of the ordinary. I looked up into the engine innards and that engine looks as if it were hot tanked yesterday...remarkably clean. I looked the rear main seal housing over and it all looked fine and I noticed somebody had used some blue silicone when they installed it. Somebody has been inside this engine or at least replaced the rear seal in the recent past.
OK...all seems fine until I start putting the bolts back in. I never noticed anything wrong when I removed them......but the the middle one on the FRONT main seal housing is quite obviously stripped. GRRRRRR!
No, I don"t want to have to down the thing in order to replace that seal and housing.....nothing wrong with the seal anyway.
Is it possible to use a self tapping bolt/machine screw that is just the least bit larger around than the original and make a quick fix of this? Yes, I know sooner or later the aluminum seal housing will have to be replaced. I"d rather it be later than sooner. Yes, I also know those aluminum housings get screwed by overzealous morons that think a little tighter is better...who the moron was before me I don"t know, I"m just stuck with the mess. And no....I don"t want prove what a moron I am by making things worse.....but I think a self tapping bolt/machine screw in the soft aluminum housing is feasible....but I want your opinions.
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