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There's always something! 
When I bought the 74 spider the oil pressure gauge did not work. So, I bought a new sender unit and installed it. It was leaking, so I reinstalled it this morning using gas/oil tolerant teflon tape.
At the same time I tried to retain a very "floppy" dipstick tube, which due to the flexible (I assume rubber) bottom joint to the oil pan was resting on the headers.
I took the car on a drive this afternoon, and now the oil leak is significantly worse!
I think that all told I lost about 4 quarts of oil over 40 minutes of drive time!
Is there a trick or missing gasket to the oil pressure sender (which still is non operable), or perhaps in moving the dipstick I cracked that rubber connection?
Thanks - Dickson
When I bought the 74 spider the oil pressure gauge did not work. So, I bought a new sender unit and installed it. It was leaking, so I reinstalled it this morning using gas/oil tolerant teflon tape.
At the same time I tried to retain a very "floppy" dipstick tube, which due to the flexible (I assume rubber) bottom joint to the oil pan was resting on the headers.
I took the car on a drive this afternoon, and now the oil leak is significantly worse!
Is there a trick or missing gasket to the oil pressure sender (which still is non operable), or perhaps in moving the dipstick I cracked that rubber connection?
Thanks - Dickson