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I've never had any trouble with the drain pan (re: never done anything but used fresh gaskets and little copper doobies), any leaks I found I just take the cover off, and make sure it's flat, gently tapping away any 'high spots'. (areas where somebody went monkey nuts putting the cover back on.) > ---------- > From: Greg Merritt[SMTP:gregm@vwtype3.org] > Sent: Saturday, November 28, 1998 9:04 PM > To: 'type3@vwtype3.org' > Subject: Re: [T3] oil drain plug again > > > Have any of you experimented with judicious use of Permatex here? > > Like the valve cover gaskets, you don't want to glue everything > shut of course. I found that Carroll's (of Glendale, AZ) used it... let's > see... between the plate & the paper gasket that touches it, and, I think, > on each of the six little washers. > > Good? Bad? No difference? I'd never go nuts here with gasket > glue everywhere, but I've duplicated what they did just for the heck of > it... and the extra time it takes keeps me out of trouble. ;) > > -Greg > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ >