1986 Yamaha 150 tilt trim oil tube leak.

coltblue

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Installing a new tilt tube oil pipe and wanted to know if I should use sealant or teflon tape to help seal it. I tried it without any and it leaked.Need an expert opinion.Thanks!
 

multimech

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Re: 1986 Yamaha 150 tilt trim oil tube leak.

If you mean by "oil pipe" the tubing from one part of the trim to the other, no you don't use teflon tape, you make sure it is threading in correctly. I'll bet this "oil pipe" is cross threaded.
 
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