Leaking oil adaptor

[Bozu]

Car - AE86

motor - 4agte

problem - Leaking oil adaptor

As title says I have a leaking adaptor in the side of my block to which my oil pressure sensor is attached and from which an oil line is connected to my turbo. Also there is a fitting screwed into that adaptor to be able to connect the oil line to it. Just to be clear it's not an adaptor block onto which the oil filter mounts, it's just a small adaptor in the side of the block in front of where the actual mounting point of the oil filter is.

As often happens the adaptor and fitting are 'sweating/leaking', it's not a lot but enough to get a decent amount of oil on my fingers.

My questions is what would be the best way to seal the thread? First thing I thought about was that white tape you use to seal the connection of water lines etc but would this withstand the heat? Otherwise something like loctite?

Any advice is appreciated!

[jakel]

Maybe some sort of FIPG? Otherwise if it didn't have any type of sealant there might need to get a new one?

[Bozu]

Hmm, I think FIPG is more intended to seal as a gasket. What I'm trying to do is sealing thread, dunno if it would be usefull for this as well...

[jakel]

Ah sorry read it the wrong way, you can get thread sealant we have it at work pretty sure its locktight band ill have a look tonight if I remember and see if its ok to use for high temp.

[Bozu]

Nevermind, did some research on the loctite site and loctite 542 should work, getting some from conventrys tomorrow.

[Bozu]

In addition, when disconnecting the connectors and oil line to the turbo I will get air in the line, is this a problem and if so what should I do to prevent it?

[assassin10000]

Liquid teflon for pipe threads, instead of tape.

Air in the line shouldn't matter... it'll just get pushed through a few seconds after starting.

Andrew

[Bozu]

Update:

It appears that the sandwich/adaptor plate between the engine and the oilfilter is also leaking a bit.
Is there an easiest way to fix this as it will probably be the gasket...?

Thanks!

[assassin10000]

Remove/disassemble & replace o-ring/gaskets.

Andrew

[Bozu]

Yeah that was what I was thinking as well but I've got no idea what brand the adaptor plate is so also no idea how the O-ring/gasket looks and where to get it...