Oil Galley Plug WTF? (1 Viewer)

[Two Buck]

Fixing the oil galley plug has been on my to-do list for, well, forever. So today I finally really took a good look at it to see what's what. And it looks like the PO has done something to it...but what? It looks like some kind of semi-clear epoxy on it. Anyone know what this might be? And is that the stock plug underneath it or something else?

I was going to tackle it today to prep for a desert trip next weekend, but then I realized that I forgot to get a new valve cover gasket and I don't want to open it up without that standing by. So... Whatever the PO did has held up for the 18+ years I've owned the truck; I'm thinking I can get away with putting it off a little longer.

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[tmxmotorsports]

Hard to tell...you have had the truck for 18 years with it not leaking. I had no idea about the oil galley problem drove from nc to Breckenridge and back not knowing about in a way i am glad i didn't it would have had me paranoid as hell needless to say i have fixed it mine wasn't leaking but the plug didn't take much effort to come out. I didn't pull the valve cover just went slow cleaned the tap and put new grease on it a couple of times then started the truck for a second to flush anything that may have been left then installed the threaded plug.

 

[lechnito]

That almost looks like a butt load of red loctite.

 

[4Cruisers]

That doesn't look anything like the original galley plug, it's just a concave aluminum pressed in plug. Underneath the red it looks like some kind of fitting with a hex pattern.

 

[Spike Strip]

Impossible to tell from the pic what was done. If it were weeping, I'd be worried, but since it's dry ... Hey, it's only your engine

btw, so you're planning a Desert Trip during the heatwave ?

 

[Doug89]

1/8 27 NPT tap and then plugged. Go slow. Take your time.

 

[FJACS]

OP - looks like someone has done the fix on yours. Keep an eye on it, but I wouldn’t undo that.

 

[Two Buck]

Impossible to tell from the pic what was done. If it were weeping, I'd be worried, but since it's dry ... Hey, it's only your engine

btw, so you're planning a Desert Trip during the heatwave ?

Yeah, no kidding. Blame my buddy from Great Britain -- he picked the date. He's riding a dual sport bike across the TAT and Mojave Road is the last bit of it. He wanted me to ride it with him but I told him no way am I riding my bike (BMW R1200GSA) through all that sand in that heat, but I'll chase him in the truck.

 

[Two Buck]

OP - looks like someone has done the fix on yours. Keep an eye on it, but I wouldn’t undo that.

That's what I'm thinking/hoping. It's clean and dry as a bone there, so I'm thinking maybe I should leave well enough alone.

 

[OSS]

It looks like it's been repaired already. I wouldn't mess with it.

 

[bentonrover]

Leave it and go ride the adventure