oil leak T4 anyone been here?

[Clatter]

Glad to hear you found something to try.
It's when you're out of ideas it really sucks!

One good thing about aluminum galley plugs,
Pulling and re-doing isn't an option.

Leaks or no leaks!
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[SGKent]

Thanks Steve - I thought that about the stainless also because they are softer than steel, but the Snapon hex sockets don't round, and they fit so well that there is no room for the hex in the plug to round either. I am hoping this is the last I will see of this problem. I did get a private message from someone on another engine forum that their machine shop stopped using steel plugs in aluminum anything because they could not control when they would leak. Sort of makes me wonder if many of the main oil seal leaks we hear of are really weeping steel galley plugs that have been put in. I'll know soon enough.
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