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On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 14:14, Jim Adney wrote: > On 23 Jul 2003 at 11:21, Aaron Clow wrote: > > > Also, one other question -- the old cylinders were > > seated against the case with some kind of orange > > gasket sealer. Was that factory? > > No, they originally came with paper gaskets in there, but VW later came out and > said to stop using the paper gaskets and start using a high temp silicone > sealant, so it sounds like this was re-done correctly. > > Russ, can you offer any insight on the reason for not using the paper cylinder > base gaskets? > This was done because with the higher horse power and extra stress on the engine, the paper gaskets didn't hold up well on the later engines. Myself, I always try to use both, but if a person is not familiar with it, just use the silicone. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org