Kaiser Frazer Owners Club Forum
General Category => Kaiser Forum => Topic started by: 1952rord on May 03, 2015, 08:16:36 PM
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i had my engine rebuilt and they put in a new rope seal in the rear main and it still leaks. is there anything i can do to stop this leak
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There are neoprene seals available now that are much better. seems you could replace the rope types without removing the engine (there was a tool) but not sure if this is true for the new ones.
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The tool is known in the trade as a Sneaky Pete. It'll work to install a rope seal but I do not believe it will for the neoprene due to how the latter seats in the filler block's channel.
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is there any thing i can do to stop the leak other then replacing the seal like some kind of additive
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There are products that claim to do this- the one that is heard of most is by Lucas. Also a blue devil or some such. You need to carefully examine how these work to avoid more trouble. The most common type is a rubber conditioner, most effective for old seals which have been sitting for a while. For new rope seals it isn't going to do anything for you. There are others that will close up small passages- this has some obvious potential problems for sealing things you don't want sealed. The most likely approach for your situation are products that will initiate a seal if they encounter air on the other side of a small passage. This approach has some success for transmissions, and may work for engines as well. So you need to find out how a product is supposed to work before trying.