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tommyleea

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Need to replace the pickup tube seal at the oil pump. The old one has a metal insert on each side of the rubber seal. I am looking at two replacements. One from Mac's, and one from Dennis C. The one at Mac's appears to be just rubber. The one at Dennis C appears to have a metal piece built in. My metal inserts cannot be reused. Anyone have experience with either of these products, or any advice? Engine is 272. Thanks for any help. Both are showing the same OE part number.
 
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I bought a replacement and it came without the thin metal ends that were on the old one that leaked. It isn't leaking now.
 
It was all rubber and a little chunkier than I expected, it was a tight fit and almost too long.
The rubber one without metal ends that came in the full-engine gasket kit seemed too small (length & OD) I was afraid it would leak.

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Ole Don said:
Make sure you don't tighten it so much the ID gets too small to flow enough oil.[/QUOTE

Will do, I mean won't do...Thanks

dmsfrr said:
It was all rubber and a little chunkier than I expected, it was a tight fit and almost too long.
The rubber one without metal ends that came in the full-engine gasket kit seemed too small (length & OD) I was afraid it would leak.

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Ole Don said:
Make sure you don't tighten it so much the ID gets too small to flow enough oil.
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Interesting that you'd make that observation about the same time I found this one today.
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dmsfrr said:
Interesting that you'd make that observation about the same time I found this one today.
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My tube looks exactly like that one. Looking inside the oil pump, I really can't see how tightening the nut would cause that indentation. As far as I can tell the tube doesn't butt up against anything, it just passes through an opening in the pump which has a bevel. Tightening the nut compresses the seal at the opening to prevent leakage. I can't figure out how tightening the nut would cause that indentation. It is not a flat spot on the tube, but an indentation like it was made that way. The tubes with this indentation seem to be identical, which seems odd for a mistake. Also, there is no twist on the tube, just the identation. Thoughts? I am anxious for responses. Thanks again.....
 
Almost every one I have taken apart looks like that. I carefully work the dent out with a combination of small duckbill pliers, small sockets and a small ballpeen hammer. if there are still small imperfections, and you are worried about it , I suppose you could fill in the very minor dents by using silver solder, and filling them in, and sanding/filing them down, kind of like using bondo
 
The only reason I can think of that they were made with a dent like that, is to make installing the rubber seal easier on a production line. Maybe the service tubes from a dealer were round, and the originals were dented ? Just a wild guess.


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scicala said:
The only reason I can think of that they were made with a dent like that, is to make installing the rubber seal easier on a production line. Maybe the service tubes from a dealer were round, and the originals were dented ? Just a wild guess.

That's kinda what I was thinking too.
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