Scrubbing Bubbles . . .
Sometimes you not only can’t see the forest for the trees, you can’t even see the trees.
At least that’s how I felt yesterday when I was complaining about how much trouble I was having trying to get the old gasket and gasket sealer off my oil adapter.
And then in one of those ‘Doh’ moments for me, my beautiful (and smart wife) asked me a question.
“Have you checked to see if anyone makes something to remove old gaskets?”
Again, ‘DOH’.
And as it turns out, Permatex makes a Gasket Remover just for this purpose.
So on the way home this afternoon I stopped off at our local O’Reilly’s and picked up a package of it.
Getting home, and starting with this,
I took everything outside, and following the directions (for a change) I used the built-in brush to cover the gasket area with the foam.
The directions said to let it soak for about 30 minutes and then use a plastic scraper to remove as much of the gasket/sealer as possible.
And ended up with this.
A big difference!
Then a final scraping and cleaning gave this final result.
Just like brand new. Yea, Scrubbing Bubbles.
So it’s looks like I’m good to go to get back under the the rig and reinstall the gasket/adapter/filter combo. Then I’ll do a 30 or so minute high-idle run to check for any obvious leaks.
This coming Sunday, or maybe next weekend, we’ll do a 120 mile round-trip test drive up to the Buc-ee’s in Katy and back. And we’ll be towing this time, since this seems to be the trigger to the leaking.
If this does finally fix the problem, then something around the second week in February Jan and I plan on taking the rig up to Alabama for a friends and family visit.
But we’ll have to see how it goes.
Thought For The Day:
“Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.” ~ H.L. Mencken
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