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    leaking power steering pump drain

    The drain on my power steering pump is an internally keyed aluminum plug, with straight threads, that is it will keep threading in without plugging like a pipe thread fitting. it doesn't have a sealing ring, and it doesn't bottom out. I put Teflon tape on it, but it's weeping...

    Is this the correct plug? should it be a plug with a crush washer?

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    You mean a banjo bolt? That has a aluminium / copper washer. Often people tighten the banjo bolt too tight, and then the banjo bolt cracks, this is what we found already several times http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/1263084/
    Or do you mean the large plugs with the + ? That has an O-Ring, here shown when we repaired my pump http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/526913/
    If not, post a pic and the part number of that plug based on your VIN

    and which pump maker and number, for example ZF......
    Last edited by shogun; 04-18-2019 at 11:34 PM.
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    Sorry, no I mean the aluminum plug with the internal torx style head, it's located on the the lower rear portion of my pump...I'll get a pic...

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