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>Yea, you have to be very frugal with it, just pretend your using a $1K tube of RTV. Mine stayed sealed nicely for about 60K but then it started dripping. I just never liked the brittle hard look of the OE stuff. You need something with some give to it for the repeated temp cycling of the joint. Keith > I don't like using RTV on the case halfs at all, due to it squeezing out and > possibly falling inside the engine case. That kind of thing can clog an oil > passage real quick. I normally use Permatex Aviation glue to seal case halfs, as > it's the closest thing to what VW originally used when they built the engine. > I do use RTV on the base of the cylinders instead of the paper gasket, as it > seals better there, and the RTV will squeeze outward of the case. Just my take > on it. > > Bob 65 Notch S w/ Sunroof > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~