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On Mon, 2002-04-29 at 18:54, Keith Park wrote: > Lubriplate will react with the magnesium case... that and its too thick make > it a bad assembly lube. Engine oil only as an assembly lube except for the > cam and oil pump.. cam gets cam prelube and oil pump gets I forget what but > its thick like molasses and mixes properly with oil. > I have been using Lubriplate for all my engine rebuilds since I went to VW engine school, and that is what they used. I have built hundreds of VW engines with never any problems. It mixes with motor oil well, and all comes out with the first oil change. It also holds in there well if you don't get oil pressure right away. The stuff I use comes in a tube, not a can. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT (It drove) '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org