Need 218 Oil Pump gasket help

[lelshaddai]

I need help. I have the 218 and the oil pump is leaking out of the flat plate. Thee gasket is cracked. I have tried making one, using o rings and nothing stops the leak. I cannot find anyone who has the gasket alone without buying a rebuild kit. Does anyone know of a vendor that sells them? Has anyone made their own?

[48mirage]

If I remember right these are a square cross section o-ring. They came in a couple of different sizes depending on the year. I think McMaster Carr may have them.

What I did with mine when leaking was pulled the o-ring slobbed some hylomar on the ring and then put a real thin coat of blue RTV on the flange outside the diamater of the o-ring. Hasn't leaked there for a couple of years.

[ptwothree]

I need help. I have the 218 and the oil pump is leaking out of the flat plate. Thee gasket is cracked. I have tried making one, using o rings and nothing stops the leak. I cannot find anyone who has the gasket alone without buying a rebuild kit. Does anyone know of a vendor that sells them? Has anyone made their own?

Got ya covered....Gerry