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On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 06:21, Daniel Baum wrote: > This thread made me realise that I'd never taken the breather stand off to > see if everything was there underneath, so I did it this morning. > > Everything was there but it was all stuck together with what looked like > very elderly silicone sealant. Is this really necessary? It was a big mess > and I had to scrape it and the gaskets off with a very sharp knife. > > I now want to put everything back together with new gaskets and a new baffle > plate. Should you stick the gaskets on, or would it be a good idea to just > to put some grease on them (which works really well, BTW to stop the valve > cover gaskets from leaking)? > My preference would be to use nothing at all, like with the oil drain plate. > If that doesn't leak with just two gaskets, I don't see why this should. > The original baffle as it came from VW had a ridge around the perimeter. This ridge crushed when you tightened it down, and you didn't need gaskets. If you are reusing an old one, just put a light film of silicone sealer on both sides, with no gaskets. This will seal it. If you are using a new baffle, with the ridge, you don't need anything. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~