one of my relatives is a big vintage triumph guy.  He is a big
believer in Hylomar.  Last time he was at my house for a birthday
party, we changed a couple of heads on my waterboxer and used Hylomar
on both sides of the gasket.  Seemed to work fine.  However, I took
apart that engine for different reasons before I could run a long-term
test on the Hylomar.
http://www.hylomar.co.uk/universalblue.htm

Any Hylomar believers out there?

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 13:43:17 -0400, Ken Lewis
<kdlewis_wasting_time@access4less.net> wrote:
> Jesse,
>     That sure stinks. I assume new gaskets were used. Can you tell what side
> of the gasket it is leaking from? Head side or block side? I can not see how
> re-tourqing is going to do any good unless it is leaking at the internal,
> cylinder seal. I am assuming it is the outer, black rubber gasket you are
> talking about.
>     I have heard some people are starting to apply the RTV sealant to BOTH
> sides of the gasket. The last engine I worked on had a badly pitted sealing
> surface on the engine block. It took a lot of work to build it back up.
> Ken Lewis
> 86 Transporter Crew Cab
> 60 356 T-5 Porsche
> http://neksiwel.20m.com/
> Vanagon tech, pixs, O2 monitor gadget
>