tbirdfiend281
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ok, as some of you may know, on the HPOP there is a fiting that can begin to leak when ever it feels like. this fiting is below the oil suply line fitings that you can buy an o ring kit for and reseal. when this fiting leaks ford requires pump replacement if the oil leak is to be stoped, this is because the fiting, alegedly, if removed, throws off the timing of the pump and you can not reuse it.
i rescently did a warrenty HPOP on a 7.3 truck, it was an 03 of coarse but, i wanted to investigate this plug a bit because i have no idea why ford says this. i removed the ipr so i could see the end of the plug as i removed it also. i took the plug out...and...heres the picture
but as you can see the plug itself only pushes against the piece i also have removed, witch rests in a hole specifically sized for it, the piece behind the fiting does not spin or move, it can be removed as i did, but thats it, the area that it rests in also, does not move, so i am just curious if anyone has ever resealed this non servicable fiting with good results, or if someone has atempted before with pump failure...
any insight as to wether its resealable or not?
i rescently did a warrenty HPOP on a 7.3 truck, it was an 03 of coarse but, i wanted to investigate this plug a bit because i have no idea why ford says this. i removed the ipr so i could see the end of the plug as i removed it also. i took the plug out...and...heres the picture
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but as you can see the plug itself only pushes against the piece i also have removed, witch rests in a hole specifically sized for it, the piece behind the fiting does not spin or move, it can be removed as i did, but thats it, the area that it rests in also, does not move, so i am just curious if anyone has ever resealed this non servicable fiting with good results, or if someone has atempted before with pump failure...
any insight as to wether its resealable or not?