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Alton/Generator Oil Leak
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<blockquote data-quote="Martyn Goodwin" data-source="post: 44764" data-attributes="member: 2433"><p><span style="color: #1F497D"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Lovely 150 mile run today on the Comet, just purred along – butyet another pesky oil leak – so small as to not be noticed in the oil tanklevel but sufficient to be noticed all over the left side of the cases, theAlton and the front of the gearbox. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #1F497D"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I figure it’s coming from the joint where the Alton abuts thecases. There is no gasket there and no means of clamping to “pull” theAlton up against the face of the case. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #1F497D"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">What I did when I installed the Alton was apply a generouscoating of Hylomar blue to both the case face and the mating Alton face then whileapplying pressure by hand to hold the two faces together, tightened up thesaddle clamp – then I left well alone for 24 hours to “set”. Well – as Isaid – still leaks.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #1F497D"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">What have others done to solve this issue? FWIW I AM NOTprepared to use silicon anywhere near the motor. Martyn</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martyn Goodwin, post: 44764, member: 2433"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=#1F497D][FONT="Calibri"]Lovely 150 mile run today on the Comet, just purred along – butyet another pesky oil leak – so small as to not be noticed in the oil tanklevel but sufficient to be noticed all over the left side of the cases, theAlton and the front of the gearbox. [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=#1F497D][FONT="Calibri"] [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=#1F497D][FONT="Calibri"]I figure it’s coming from the joint where the Alton abuts thecases. There is no gasket there and no means of clamping to “pull” theAlton up against the face of the case. [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=#1F497D][FONT="Calibri"] [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=#1F497D][FONT="Calibri"]What I did when I installed the Alton was apply a generouscoating of Hylomar blue to both the case face and the mating Alton face then whileapplying pressure by hand to hold the two faces together, tightened up thesaddle clamp – then I left well alone for 24 hours to “set”. Well – as Isaid – still leaks.[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=#1F497D][FONT="Calibri"] [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=#1F497D][FONT="Calibri"]What have others done to solve this issue? FWIW I AM NOTprepared to use silicon anywhere near the motor. Martyn[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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