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Old 11-22-2020, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by christuna View Post
The only thing that will permanently slow down a leak is to run thicker oil.

But that's not a real solution to the problem and the right thing to do is to just fix the seal.
15W-40 is already heavy oil (assuming he's running the correct oil in the engine). If it's slinging oil from the shaft/seal interface, anything thinner than roofing tar is going to continue to sling from the shaft/seal.
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