one of my relatives is a big vintage triumph guy. He is a big believer in Hylomar. Last time he was at my house for a birthday party, we changed a couple of heads on my waterboxer and used Hylomar on both sides of the gasket. Seemed to work fine. However, I took apart that engine for different reasons before I could run a long-term test on the Hylomar. http://www.hylomar.co.uk/universalblue.htm Any Hylomar believers out there?
On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 13:43:17 -0400, Ken Lewis <kdlewis_wasting_time@access4less.net> wrote: > Jesse, > That sure stinks. I assume new gaskets were used. Can you tell what side > of the gasket it is leaking from? Head side or block side? I can not see how > re-tourqing is going to do any good unless it is leaking at the internal, > cylinder seal. I am assuming it is the outer, black rubber gasket you are > talking about. > I have heard some people are starting to apply the RTV sealant to BOTH > sides of the gasket. The last engine I worked on had a badly pitted sealing > surface on the engine block. It took a lot of work to build it back up. > Ken Lewis > 86 Transporter Crew Cab > 60 356 T-5 Porsche > http://neksiwel.20m.com/ > Vanagon tech, pixs, O2 monitor gadget > |
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