Hardin Marine oil filter mount leak fest
04-21-2018 | 07:37 PM
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My failure is odd. Raced the piece for over a year zero problems. Leake formed and can see no defects. I use all hardin Marine accessories on our engine and they have always been reliable and well thought out. The tech support at Hardin is great and I am still a customer just a very odd failure.
Steve
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04-21-2018 | 11:40 PM
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My failure is odd. Raced the piece for over a year zero problems. Leake formed and can see no defects. I use all hardin Marine accessories on our engine and they have always been reliable and well thought out. The tech support at Hardin is great and I am still a customer just a very odd failure.
Steve
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It’s a gorgeous piece. But what a pita to seal up. The best luck that I’ve had on the threads is Permatex Aero form-a-gasket with yellow tephlon tape on the last row of threads on the fitting. Hokey af, but hopefully I get better seal when I redo everything on the new engine.
04-22-2018 | 07:36 PM
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Have this part and had the same problem. I finally found the leak was from the mounting bolts in the bracket. Thread sealer cured it I was sure it was leaking at the top of the filter also until I seperated the bracket and could see the oil between the two parts. Good luck.
04-22-2018 | 08:31 PM
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was the bottom (s) straight edged across to make sure all that was level and straight from all cross sections ? Can you give out the part number for this mount ? thanks
I would look at the bottom portion with a powerful magnify glass to see if any porosity is present.
I prob will ask them about it to see what their take is on it. Rick at CP is very helpful plus on top of everything Surely CP / Hardin / KE ---- they do not want to see anything like this happen either.
I would look at the bottom portion with a powerful magnify glass to see if any porosity is present.
I prob will ask them about it to see what their take is on it. Rick at CP is very helpful plus on top of everything Surely CP / Hardin / KE ---- they do not want to see anything like this happen either.
04-23-2018 | 05:33 PM
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I have not read the thread, I don't have to. Everything I've bought from them had issues. Oil pans did not fit, oil adapters didn't fit with their own pans , pans rotted out in 3 years( in a brand new boat mind you. The headers leak every year which I just keep a eye on and fix as needed. I've heard some good things by some but not me . I did however get good service from Mike mays when he had some tails made for me but I bet they came from a shop with people that care about a decent product.
