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I've had a intermitent oil leak from my sump area for the last year. I would find an occasional drop of oil on my garage floor, but it never really bothered me. I traced it to a hex-drive bolt located behind the starter. I believe it is an inner-chain tension adjuster, so I didn't want to tighten it up. Then the other day I came across this Permatex spray product ( see link below) at my local Napa. I bought it for $8, and followed the directions. It's for sealing off low-pressure leaks, and is very high-temp resistant. It comes with an applicator tube, and an extra wide-spray nozzle. It is clear in color, and after drying it is invisible. And it WORKS !! It gets into all nooks and crannies, etc. and seals beauifully...not even a hint of a drop oil. Just make sure your engie area is clean of grease, I used some Spray-9, then rinsed well.

Here's the link:
http://www.permatex.com/products/Automot...Leak_Repair.htm

Thanks for the tip. Maybe I should spray a can of that on my chain.

Jack

Thanks Robin, I'm gonna look this up and try it on my old Triumph, one of the rocker box seals leak.

When ever anyone would tell me my 66 TR6C was leaking I would tell them if it wasn't I would be worried.

that is a cheap easy repair. AFAIK, those allen plugs are in oil galleys, and have nothing to do with a chain. I took them out, put sealer on the threads, and now no leaks.
They were actually kinda loose, from the factory.
G