Thread: Do I need sealant on an SBC Distributor Gasket?

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Funny you should ask... when I replaced my distributor with an MSD with new gasket, clean surfaces, and all. I've got a pesky oil leak around the disty that I've learned to live with. I have the hold down tight but there's always oil there. Granted this is a BBC any ideas how to stop this leak or do I have to continue living with it?

Sorry to hijack,

Chris

Originally Posted by skids72

Funny you should ask... when I replaced my distributor with an MSD with new gasket, clean surfaces, and all. I've got a pesky oil leak around the disty that I've learned to live with. I have the hold down tight but there's always oil there. Granted this is a BBC any ideas how to stop this leak or do I have to continue living with it?

Sorry to hijack,

Chris

Did you leave the o-rings off the dist. housing?
I will bet you are asking what the heck is he asking?
On many after-market distributor's there one or two o-rings at the bottom of the shaft next to the gear.
If it is a stock H.E.I. there won't be any of the o-rings.
You may have a height problem with you distributor or intake.
In other words your intake is to tall,or your dist housing is.
It may not be flat either.
The intake or dist. housing.