So, Permatex Thread Sealant (51813) or Teflon Tape? I found this old BITOG Post "https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/thread-sealant-or-teflon-tape.131036/ ", but nothing newer dealing with this topic.
I having been fighting a MT fill plug, and finally got it out. The Nissan manual calls for the Permatex Thread sealant 51813, but after this last removal fiasco, I don't want to have another issue like I just had. The fill plug had been installed 19 years ago (2004) and I can't tell if it's been serviced since. It seems like someone used "Lock-tite" on this thing at some point, OR the original 51813 installed at the factory turned into glue.
Anyway, I used an Astro Pneumatics "Nano" (high torque impact air operated at 150psi and nothing) and an Astro Pneumatics "Thor" (over 800 fl-lbs at 150psi) and the fill plug wouldn't budge.
Finally broke out the blue wrench and put the fill plug under removal torque of about 100 ft-lbs and put on the heat for about 2 minutes before the existing thread sealer/locker let go.
I don't want to fight this issue ever again and the 51813 has me thinking about this issue in the future.
What would be wrong with just using Teflon tape on a MT fill plug?
I having been fighting a MT fill plug, and finally got it out. The Nissan manual calls for the Permatex Thread sealant 51813, but after this last removal fiasco, I don't want to have another issue like I just had. The fill plug had been installed 19 years ago (2004) and I can't tell if it's been serviced since. It seems like someone used "Lock-tite" on this thing at some point, OR the original 51813 installed at the factory turned into glue.
Anyway, I used an Astro Pneumatics "Nano" (high torque impact air operated at 150psi and nothing) and an Astro Pneumatics "Thor" (over 800 fl-lbs at 150psi) and the fill plug wouldn't budge.
Finally broke out the blue wrench and put the fill plug under removal torque of about 100 ft-lbs and put on the heat for about 2 minutes before the existing thread sealer/locker let go.
I don't want to fight this issue ever again and the 51813 has me thinking about this issue in the future.
What would be wrong with just using Teflon tape on a MT fill plug?