Date:         Thu, 4 Nov 1999 15:09:47 -0800
Reply-To:     "T.P. Stephens" <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM>
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From:         "T.P. Stephens" <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM>
Subject:      Re: head nut sealer
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>At 01:42 PM 11/4/99 PST, you wrote:
>>Hi all
>>
>>Okay... on reassembly is there a "generic" sealer I can use on my head nuts
>>or do I need some special product... as I know is the case for the gasket
>>sealer.


The only thing I can think of other than the tiny tube of the real deal
factory monkey snot that the dealers are so proud of is a sealant called
HyLoMar. It cannot be found just everywhere but some better stocked FLAPS
might have it. Check also at places cattering to English cars. It is called
for in the English workshop manuals for cooling system applications.

I is not a cheap sealant either. It might work. It does have some of the
characteristics you would want for this application. I hope you'll let us
know how your experiment goes if you use it. If it was as good as or better
than the factory stuff, they would have used it rather then develop their
very spezialized compond for this particular application.

And did you notice in your Bentley that you cannot use a common "clicker"
type torque wrench?? A beam type wrench is required for accurate torquing
of the head nuts on this particular design.




Doktor Tim
Maintenance Repair and Restoration of European Vehicles
San Juan Island, WA