Oil pump shaft seal drain

[babyviper]

In the past, I've had issues with getting RTV in the oil pump shaft seal drain hole in aftermarket oil pumps. As you can see in the pictures below, first is a 6-bolt ACL oil pump and the second is an OEM 6-bolt oil pump. The OEM pump clearly has an offset drain hole to keep from accidently clogging the hole with RTV but the ACL and Topline have it for n the oil pan of gasket area.

Has anyone had issues with getting RTV in this hole and what have you done make sure that this does not happen? I put a wire in a Topline pump back in the day but the angle is a bit different in the ACL so I'm not able to do that.

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[Mech Addict]

Looks like a bit of dremel work would make it more like oem.

 

[babyviper]

I went light on the RTV usage in that area and hoped that was enough but I was able to validate it worked today. Brought an endoscope and it fished it through the oil drain port, saw it was unblocked.

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