Home-made gasket for 2-stroke motor

[Doki]

I've read of gasketless exhausts in the comics where people have uses silicone throughout, and apparently it lasts fairly well.

[Mark]

Blue Hylomar is good its non hardening and will allow the join to be dismantled easily. Red Hermetite is semi-hardening, probably best for something that is under pressure and you don't need to dismantle often, it's a S*%T to remove from alloy mating surfaces Loctite 5926 is a silicone flange sealant probably best suitable for your need. or for this job just grease would work ok.

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[Guy King]

The message from Dave contains these words:

Nah - "figgered" is when you sit down with a cup of tea and a packet of fig rolls to have a good long think about something.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Figgered is when you spend hours on the loo after eating a whole packet of dried ones.

Apricotted is even better. Never mind Sennapods...

[Sylvain VAN DER WALDE]

Yes, it's been around a long time. Used by Rolls Royce. It never sets hard.

Sylvain.

[Al Deveron]

Thanks for the kind offer, but I am too far away, and I already have some silicone gasket compound.

AL D

[Al Deveron]

Thanks. That might even be the best option, since it would be less likely to block up the 1/8" water channels that pass throught the gasket... I ended up using gasket compound, and am now worried that some of it might have squeezed out and blocked those water channels.

Al D

[Guy King]

The message from The Natural Philosopher contains these words:

May I interest you in this two pound piece of sultana and date flapjack?

[Al Deveron]

I figger so.

Al D

[Al Deveron]

BTW, you shouldn't put a question mark on the end of a statement... :-))

Al D

[Mark]

Sylvain VAN DER WALDE

Made under licence from Rolls Royce, ive still got an old tube that proudly says so.

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[Mark]

Oops you didn't mention that.

I ended up using gasket compound, and am now worried that

Oops again.....

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[Al Deveron]

I did, actually. See original post.

Al D

[Mark]

So you did ! In which case I recommend using Wellseal, it's a Non hardening liquid, but is stickier then grease let it soak into the gasket before assembly.

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[Al Deveron]

Thanks for the tip. Perhps next time; I have already done the job with Golden Hermatite for now; probably not ideal, but hopefully satisfactory. I dare say it will render the gasket unusable next time I separate it.

Al D