240ZRX Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Now I had to pull the dip stic tube out of block as I was pulling the block hugger headers. I wrapped the headers, bolted them up, and installed the dipstick tube into the block and bolted the tube bracket to the header flange. Now I am experiencing smoke from that area. At first I thought it was the wrap smoking but where the tube goes into the block seems to be where the smoke is coming from. How do you keep the tube from leaking after you insert it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentallylost Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 How about placing a bead of high temp RTV around the base of the tube? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VRJoe Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 If the tube has a flare where it meets the block there was probably an O-ring there. Replace the O-ring and make sure the old one is removed. As Mentallylost mentioned you could also use RTV. - Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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