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Stanley
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posted on July 15th, 2006 at 04:49 PM |
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camshaft seal
I'm about to put my case halves together. I have aviation form-a-gasket (non-hardening) for the case halves but what do put around the camshaft seal.
Last thing I want is leaks, especially fom this thing. TIA
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posted on July 15th, 2006 at 05:01 PM |
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I've never put an engine together...
well only pistons barrels and heads....
and i like to use the non hardening avaition gasket cement
or permatex.... [very similar]
I didn't know that camshafts in VW engines had a seal....
but Crankshaft seals etc... I just use the avation cement
mainly to lubricate the rubber as it goes into place...
seals, in normal circumstances usually don't leak around the outside...
If You are using a double lipped seal [inner] wipe some oil around the seal between the two lips, so its lubricated...
as the lips usually wipe clean when they go over a shaft etc...
I forgot to take a pic of My crankshaft seal...
its behind the auto flexplate...
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posted on July 15th, 2006 at 05:31 PM |
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If yours is the steel plug type Andrew, just use Permatex.
Some late cases used a rubber plug in that location, like a seal but with no hole.
I would not use that rubber seal in that case with the location groove...some people may have, but I have not tried it.
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Stanley
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posted on July 15th, 2006 at 08:09 PM |
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Thanks Dave..
Maybe this is what you could do now your unemployed...start up a website
pay per question answered...
Lee, the bit that looks like a bottle top that seals your cam on the flywheel end.
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posted on July 16th, 2006 at 08:35 AM |
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I use loctite 518, the red clear stuff.
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