Date:         Tue, 14 Mar 2000 08:06:00 -0800
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Organization: The Cobalt Group
Subject:      Re: engine install
Comments: To: ldhamm@xmission.com
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Bentley be damned!  Just a bit of Deutsche Methode excess here! ;-)

This is just an unnecessary and messy step that serves no purpose other
than to sell blue silicone.  Use it if you must, but no seal is needed
here and you just make it more difficult to separate the two next time.
In fact it is not completely sealed anyway, so that any oil that might
leak out of the main seal will drain out of the gap left at the bottom
of the case.

PS, It might serve a purpose in an upright engine with a leaky valve
cover gasket.  It could help keep oil out of the bell housing, but this
is really reaching to find a use for it!

Larry Hamm wrote:
>
> Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> >
> > Jeff Nelson wrote:
>
> > > I've just bought my RTV (blue) sealant for the trans-block connection
> > > and a tube of anti-sieze.
> >
> > This joint doesn't need any sealing, don't use this.
>
> Stuart,
> Bentley recommends a light coating of silicone seal at this joint.
> Larry

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Stuart MacMillan
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