Folks:
Those of you despairing over a lack of silicone rubber gaskets
for your alloy valve cover or oil pan might consider what has been
working well for me; Permatex Hylomar gasket dressing.
For my valve cover, I used plain old permatex sealant to fasten
the gasket to the cover. When installing the cover on the head, I run a
*thin* line of Hylomar around the head on the gasket surface. When the
valve cover is tightened the Hylomar spreads under the gasket. Never
leaks a drop of oil, even though I use the OEM style cork gasket.
With this arrangement the gasket lasts indefinitely as it always
releases nicely from the head and it never falls off the cover, gets
twisted or pinched, etc. The Hylomar never sets, resists oil and gas,
and gaskets never stick to the engine. Makes disassembly and reassembly
a snap. It is expensive, however (you knew there had to be a catch).
Cheers,
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-6pack@Autox.Team.Net] On
Behalf Of David Friedlander
Sent: October 02, 2007 5:37 PM
To: Darrell Walker
Cc: N197TR4@cs.com; 75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org;
triumphs@autox.team.net; 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] [6pack] TR] Silicone gasket
The Roadster Gaskets doesn't seem to have anything for the TR6.
Their webpage (http://www.roadstergaskets.com/triumph.html) has the
valve cover gasket marked as a "Future Project." And that's for the
stock cover, not for an alloy cover...
Given the rave reviews we've heard about silicone, it seems odd that
no one has a silicone oil pan gasket for the Six.....
Dave
Darrell Walker wrote:
>
> On Oct 2, 2007, at 12:48 PM, N197TR4@cs.com wrote:
>
>> Now I bought an Alloy Cover for my AMBRO project and it looks like I
>> will
>> have to go back to cork, unless someone can lead me to a supplier of
>> something
>> different.
>
> -Darrell
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