360 valve cover gasket replacement

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Re: 360 valve cover gasket replacement

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You don't believe in "rear main seal in a can"? Me neither. Snake oil.

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Re: 360 valve cover gasket replacement

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Sea Foam (For gasoline ONLY)
Stabil Marine (the blue stuff)
Stanadyne diesel fuel treatment (this stuff is incredible. It has saved on at least 10 sets of injector changes in some bad running engines)
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Re: 360 valve cover gasket replacement

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BigM
I have found over the years that the large bolt holding the oil filter bracket to the engine has a tendancy to losen over time. Simply tightern this has stopped a lot of my oil leaking into the bildge. :o The next culpert is the nipple at the rear of the engine where the oil sender and alarm senders attach.
It has a tendency to crack over time. :shock:
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Re: 360 valve cover gasket replacement

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I also had the oil alarm switch sender crack a cause a leak.
Easy fix & carried by Napa.
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Re: 360 valve cover gasket replacement

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In the last few years I have seen the internal diaphram fail on the oil pressure alarm switch and leak on alot of boats. One broke the plastic housing and pumped all the engine oil out. Cost him an engine. These have all been 1980's vintage Chrysler and Crusader engines.
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1972 32' Express flybridge
"AL13"
Twin 318s
On board air & prime 920
1963 Thompson Super Sea Lancer
Graymarine 327
1961 Alumacraft 12'
'55 10hp Johnson
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Re: 360 valve cover gasket replacement

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Those pressure and alarm switches are notorious problem spots. When mine gave out and gushed oil, I luckily happened to be looking over the engine at that moment and shut it down, savings really big repair bills and major cleanup. One of the lessons, for me, is that those things ought to be replaced every two years. They are cheap and replacement is easy.
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Re: 360 valve cover gasket replacement

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Agreed. I replaced an oil pressure switch a year on my old 32 footer. Used standard "idiot light" switches.

Jeff

PS: The temperature switches (for the alarm system) need to be removed and tested now and then. (Use a pan of boiling water and an ammeter to test them.) Of the four that were on mine (the original setup with twin engines) I think only one was working (and that cost me an engine). I added two more (one per exhaust manifold per engine) and tested/ replaced those that were lying to me.
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