Thread: Vacuum leak
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Old 11-30-2015   #12
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Default Re: Vacuum leak

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Originally Posted by secondchance View Post
I didn't even know the oil cooler has a drain plug. Are the drain plugs on 90 - 92 model year coolers only? I had my oil cooler out and flushed it out with mineral spirit but didn't notice any plug.
I think that Oil Cooler Plug is only on the 90'-92'. And as WVZR-1 suggests it is likely an NPT (which is a tapered thread). And someone said (I forgot where) that it is the same as the Drain Plug provided by Corvette Central for the Differential.

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Originally Posted by WVZR-1 View Post
I believe the "conventional wisdom" needs to prevail here because the plug the OP mentions isn't meant to be a "service port". I don't know the thread size involved here but for any thing other than maybe it's use to drain the oil for a cooler change seems maybe foolish. Any conventional engine oil drain plug uses a gasket or seal to prevent seepage and I'm quite sure this could only be some sort of an NPT plug and that's not a conventional method used for engine oil service ports.

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