Thread: 40727 Fuel Pump
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Old 05-14-2018, 03:56 AM
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Originally Posted by L78steve View Post
Turns out it was the fuel pump leaking oil from the gasket. Oil was leaking into the fastener area due to the correct fuel pump bolts from a popular supplier were a tad too long and bottoming in the blind tapped holes.
Replaced the gasket with some anaerobic sealer and removed a bit from the bolt length and all seems fine.
Maybe small block bolts? They are longer than the BB bolt because of the adapter plate used on the SBC ... TAZ
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