Stinky miata

Simple question, probably for Keith... I drained my NA fuel tank with the drain plug. I put it back in and now I'm getting a very slow drip. Is there some kind of sealant or a crush washer for the fuel drain?

I honestly don't know. I can check the diagrams tomorrow.

Thanks. I'd appreciate it for the sake of my concrete!

Here you go

Wow! thanks! After looking at mine more, the washer was being held with crud/undercoating. I think I stopped the stink.

So if you call a washer a gasket and a bolt a plug you can charge 10 times for them?

Stampie wrote: So if you call a washer a gasket and a bolt a plug you can charge 10 times for them?

Pricy yeah..but it is actually a crush washer and a fastener with a machined surface on the backside of the head; not just a hardware-store bolt and washer.

I became quite familiar with these as the wife-unit's Protege used to erode an escape channel in the washer every two years for reasons that I could never figure out.

Doesn't seem bad to me. Last bolt I bought was $15 each from the dealer. Of course they were M16 Grade 10 or something.

Interesting to learn the rear surface on something like that is machined. I didn't know that.

ultraclyde wrote: Doesn't seem bad to me. Last bolt I bought was $15 each from the dealer. Of course they were M16 Grade 10 or something. Interesting to learn the rear surface on something like that is machined. I didn't know that.

Maybe "machined" is the wrong word. It was a flat surface designed for the seal to sit on. Much like this oil drain plug.

Wonder if a m10 x1.25 bolt from ace hardware with a copper washer would work just as well.

Maybe. Probably. But how much gas and time will you waste finding out in order to save a couple of bucks?

Keith Tanner wrote: Maybe. Probably. But how much gas and time will you waste finding out in order to save a couple of bucks?

Yeah but that is winning!

Ha! True.