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I feel sure many of you have tried this, but here goes:
I have been told repeatedly that Triumphs are just going to leak and seep, no matter what, and that we just have to accept it.
OK, I can live with that... to a degree. But if there is a way to stop some of it, I wanted to try.
I took my differential as a test. It seeps, very little, along the bottom, from the gasket. I dried it as well as possible, and then put some pipe joint compound on it. When that dried, the leak stopped, but when I drove the car the pipe joint compound either dissoved from the lubricant or melted from the heat.
Then I cleaned it and dried it very well and put a very small amount of laytex sealant along the joint (the kind you use of windows and doors). I let it dry about three days without driving the car. Then I drove about 75 miles. When I returned I checked the differential: dry as a bone. And now, about three days later, still no seep.
Has anyone else tried this?
If this works on the differential I may try it elsewhere. If it can stop a seep, can it stop a leak? I'll see.
I won't put it on any plugs, of course, or where it could get into the fluid. Nor will I try this on anything that gets really HOT. The good thing about latex is that you can strip it off if you want to remove it. Putting it on is reversable, which is always a good thing.
I have been told repeatedly that Triumphs are just going to leak and seep, no matter what, and that we just have to accept it.
OK, I can live with that... to a degree. But if there is a way to stop some of it, I wanted to try.
I took my differential as a test. It seeps, very little, along the bottom, from the gasket. I dried it as well as possible, and then put some pipe joint compound on it. When that dried, the leak stopped, but when I drove the car the pipe joint compound either dissoved from the lubricant or melted from the heat.
Then I cleaned it and dried it very well and put a very small amount of laytex sealant along the joint (the kind you use of windows and doors). I let it dry about three days without driving the car. Then I drove about 75 miles. When I returned I checked the differential: dry as a bone. And now, about three days later, still no seep.
Has anyone else tried this?
If this works on the differential I may try it elsewhere. If it can stop a seep, can it stop a leak? I'll see.
I won't put it on any plugs, of course, or where it could get into the fluid. Nor will I try this on anything that gets really HOT. The good thing about latex is that you can strip it off if you want to remove it. Putting it on is reversable, which is always a good thing.