Hi,
Does anyone know of a decent liquid gasket for jointing together metal-to-metal parts? Something that enables you to not need any form of conventional gasket in addition? I'm thinking maybe something like that grey goo that Allen Millyard the motorbike builder seems to use all the time for valve gear covers and sump pans, perhaps. Any suggestions?
Cheers,
DG
Hermetite?
Many cars these days use (RTV*) silicone. Tighten down finger tight, let it set, torque down and instant gasket
Or look at the Loctite professional range - they do a number of flange sealants for different applications, such as the 510 (for high temperatures), 518 (for aluminium parts) and 574 (general purpose).
I recently changed the wet cam belt on a Ford Focus, and in with the kit there was a tube of this stuff
It replaces the sump gasket and the gasket for the timing case
Seems to have worked OK so far, to the point where the next leak from the cam covers of my old Jag might well be the last :-\
One word of caution however .... the Ford uses completely synthetic oil, so its possible that this stuff might not agree with "normal" lubricants
but of course, they already knew about that
so theres a mineral oil tolerant version, which appears to be called Dirko HT Black ..
It is widely used even with gaskets where three surfaces meet. I have never heard of any chemical degradation issues at all,
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