i take it that you enjoy cleaning unnecessary glue from engine when repairing them? German gaskets and proper torque is all thats needed. Glue just makes the gasket slide and possibly not seal. Not to mention the fact that it really sucks to remove later.
Chris DeLong Fine Tuning 206.522.5503 www.finetuningperformance.com Seattle, WA USA
>From: Robert Cardo <rrecardo@WEBTV.NET> >Reply-To: rrecardo@WEBTV.NET >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: put goo on gaskets or not? >Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 18:50:15 -0600 > >If you think you may have some irregularities in the mating surface of >the pump to block area, there is not one thing wrong with smearing some >HIGH TEMP silicone on that area. >One caution. >Be darn well sure that prior to filling up the cooling system and >letting her fly that you allow the stuff set up at least overnight. >(8 to 10 hours) >Then fill her up with coolant. >It'll never leak. >Forget the Deutschland no seal purist's. >They haven't figured out that it's the 21'st century yet.:-) |
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