[s-cars] Weeping X-Plug Again...

[Ian Duff]

You have to be VERY careful not to tear the o-ring on the plug when  
you put it back in the pump housing. It took me three tries (read two  
ripped o-rings) before I figured out how. Eventually I figured out  
using the oil-on-the-gasket trick from changing oil filters is the way  
to go. I ended up liberally (I do live in the blue state of  
Massachusetts, after all) lubricating the o-ring before putting it on  
the plug, then repeating the lube job on the plug with the o-ring  
installed before installing it in the pump housing. This is the first  
step. The second step is to properly torque the pesky plug in the pump  
housing. HTH.
-Ian Duff.

On 11 Apr, 2009, at 09:57, matt ludwig. wrote:

> All,
>
> the x-plug on the PS pump is weeping again on my avant. I bought the
> OEM plug kit (inclu new gasket) and had that properly done less than 4
> months ago. Am I safe to 'tighten' the x-plug again to required torque
> spec do you feel, or will that only compromise that gasket more
> resulting in a more un-sealed situation?
>
> Really frustrating to have this happen yet *again* like this. I am not
> sure why this is such a fail-place on these cars, but I do not want
> for it to blow. Thoughts?
>
>
> matt ludwig.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 1995.5 S6 Avant
> South Portland, Maine
>
>
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