Lucknuts
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I could have sworn I read about this trick here. But, searching the forum now I can't find it. Somebody was saying how if you simply coated the cheap paper gaskets with RTV turns them into some kind of super gaskets.
And, since I had both of these RTVs laying around (for our Jeep) I used the high temp RTV for the hot parts.
I tried putting some of the silicone in some solvent to try to make a thinner mixture to more evenly coat the metal gasket. But, it didn't work like thinning some paint and I tossed the foul mixture.
I'm thinking maybe I'll just wait and use the high temp RTV as usual, like when I install it, and just let it dry well before trying to start the engine.
This is just an experiment based on something I thought I read online here somewhere so if this is really nuts, please somebody let me know before I go to install these suckers in a week or so.
Thanks.
((***Yes, I did see the info about the Kopr Kote stuff. It sounds like good stuff. But, like many things that are apparently available to most of the country, I haven't seen it around here yet and I've been looking. Santa Fe is strange in that way. You can't just go get certain things like you can in a regular city. Thankfully there's the net now. But, unless I find myself really needing it, I don't think I'll order any of that stuff until I do my next big Amazon shop.))
And, since I had both of these RTVs laying around (for our Jeep) I used the high temp RTV for the hot parts.
I tried putting some of the silicone in some solvent to try to make a thinner mixture to more evenly coat the metal gasket. But, it didn't work like thinning some paint and I tossed the foul mixture.
I'm thinking maybe I'll just wait and use the high temp RTV as usual, like when I install it, and just let it dry well before trying to start the engine.
This is just an experiment based on something I thought I read online here somewhere so if this is really nuts, please somebody let me know before I go to install these suckers in a week or so.
Thanks.
((***Yes, I did see the info about the Kopr Kote stuff. It sounds like good stuff. But, like many things that are apparently available to most of the country, I haven't seen it around here yet and I've been looking. Santa Fe is strange in that way. You can't just go get certain things like you can in a regular city. Thankfully there's the net now. But, unless I find myself really needing it, I don't think I'll order any of that stuff until I do my next big Amazon shop.))
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