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Re: [T3] Push Rod Tubes



Subject: Re: [T3] Push Rod Tubes


> >and below is why I use sealer!   Usually in my limited but practical
> experience I find about 30 percent of the factory ones leak in time.  I
use
> just a THIN layer of Red high temp RTV on the inside of the seal, slide it
> on and then the same on the outside.
>
> However... you cant doodle around and have the RTV set before you get the
> heads pulled down... so DONT do it on a humid day and have all your ducks
in
> a row when you apply it.  at 73K NONE of mine leak on the square.
>
My engine was rebuilt last time in 1979. And they were done dry. They do not
leak to this day.

Russ Wolfe
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org/


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