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How about that white Teflon plumber's paste (we use it instead of anti-sieze plumbers tape) it sticks to almost anything. And it is easy to apply, too, and washes off your fingers! Stephen J. Jackson Commissioning Engineer, Petron Industries, Inc. SJackson@petronworld.com -----Original Message----- From: Toby Erkson [mailto:air_cooled_nut@pobox.com] Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 10:59 AM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: Re: [T3] red loctite for oil sump studs? I think the red is too aggressive (considered for permanent). Use the next step down. Toby Erkson -- Portland, Oregon -- http://www.icbm.org/ '72 VW Squareback Darksider, 5-speed, 2007cc, rag top '95 VW Jetta 2.0L, CHE tranny w/Peloquin LSD, 270ΒΌ, TT Chip, SCCA Solo 2 EP#3 '73 Porsche 914 2.0L WIP; '81 Honda Gold Wing, 1100cc, stripped ----- Original Message ----- > I have several loose and leaking oil sump studs after installing a 1.5 qt > sump without using any thread sealant/locking agent (brilliant, I know). >...Question: What agent/compound should I use? Someone on a > Samba thread mentioned red loctite, but I didn't see any posts confirming > or rejecting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~