Yup, mine did the same thing. I put some pipe tape on the threads and it solved it. It is just a thin teflon tape tape - any hardware store should have it. I used about three or so turns.   ...JMM

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1980 Westy, vanity plate "WAIT4ME"

On Jun 22, 2012, at 7:43 PM, J B wrote:

> Just purchased my first Westy with some oil leaking out of the oil pressure sensor. (81 air-cooled)
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> Bought a new sensor thinking it was just the plastic part only to find it was leaking through the threads which are now toast. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
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> Thanks - John.