Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 18:34:47 -0800
Reply-To: Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
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From: Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
Subject: Re: put goo on gaskets or not?
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Ah, come on Chris. If high-temp RTV silicone is good enough to replace
those O-rings on the space shuttle, they're good enough for your Vanagon...
Seriously though, you're always going to have that "it worked on my Chevy,
so it'll work on my VW" mentality.
Cheers,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Chris DeLong
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 6:17 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: put goo on gaskets or not?
So the dealer told you that VW 4 cylinder Rabbit motors had no valve cover
gasket and just glue???? Same with the oil pan???
Whatever, I offered my opinion. You want to use glue/sealer/dead rats/old
toe jam to seal your engine. Thats fine. Dont forget to buy the previously
mentioned glue remover too.
Ill stick with my factory service manual and years of professional
experience to fix my cars.
Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.522.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA
>From: jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
>Reply-To: jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: put goo on gaskets or not?
>Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 18:14:13 -0700
>
>On 1/2/05 5:55 PM, "Jonce Fancher" <streetbugs@WHISPLLC.COM> wrote:
>
> > i also agree with that statement. some of the cool stuff they have out
>for all
> > sorts of things sometimes just blows my mind. it is so much better then
>what
> > was
> > avail when the vehicle was new. c-ya Jonce
> >
> >> 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.:-)
> >
>When I got my first dodge omni with its genuine VW engine in it. (dodge
>didn¹t make small engines for the first couple years and contracted VW for
>the engines). When I went out one day to fix a few nitnoy leaks I
>discovered the dealer didn¹t have any gaskets for the valve cover or the
>water pump or the oil pan. All their computer listed was a tube of black
>stuff and a tube of blue stuff. So I went home and pulled the valve cover.
>No gasket only black sealant. Shocked I then pulled the oil pan. No
>gasket
>only black stuff. Since I was on a roll I called the VW dealer about the
>engine because I suddenly remembered that the big vw and rings means that
>vw
>made the engine. Confirmed no gaskets and only a small o ring for the
>water
>pump and the blue stuff was used as well.
>
>Basically the same engine that VW put in the rabbit at the time.
>
>
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>jimt
>Planned insanity is best.
>Remember that sanity is optional.
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