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Anyone know if it is safe to put a revolution or two of plumber's tape on an oil sump plug? Any danger of the tape moving up the plug into the sump & clogging something? I know that sounds pretty unlikely, but I just want to make sure.
I have a repaired sump following a bottoming-out incident, and now I have a very slight oil leak, like a drop of oil on the sump plug only after a hard ride. The very bottom of the sump where the plug goes in (where the plug head touches the sump when it's torqued in) is a bit scraped, so the mating between the plug head and opening of the sump is not perfectly smooth (only evident when inspected closely).
Could this cause a leak at the sump, or does a leaky sump necessarily imply a problem with the threads (they could also be imperfect following the repair)? I guess I'm really asking: what holds the oil in, the threads or the plug head contacting the opening of the sump?
Thanks for helping a newbie & sorry for the tedious questions...
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