On 1/2/05 5:55 PM, "Jonce Fancher" <streetbugs@WHISPLLC.COM> wrote:

> i also agree with that statement. some of the cool stuff they have out for all
> sorts of things sometimes just blows my mind. it is so much better then what
> was
> avail when the vehicle was new. c-ya Jonce
> 
>> If you think you may have some irregularities in the mating surface of
>> the pump to block area, there is not one thing wrong with smearing some
>> HIGH TEMP silicone on that area.
>> One caution.
>> Be darn well sure that prior to filling up the cooling system and
>> letting her fly that you allow the stuff set up at least overnight.
>> (8 to 10 hours)
>> Then fill her up with coolant.
>> It'll never leak.
>> Forget the Deutschland no seal purist's.
>> They haven't figured out that it's the 21'st century yet.:-)
> 
When I got my first dodge omni with its genuine VW engine in it.  (dodge
didn�t make small engines for the first couple years and contracted VW for
the engines).  When I went out one day to fix a few nitnoy leaks I
discovered the dealer didn�t have any gaskets for the valve cover or the
water pump or the oil pan.  All their computer listed was a tube of black
stuff and a tube of blue stuff. So I went home and pulled the valve cover.
No gasket only black sealant.  Shocked I then pulled the oil pan.  No gasket
only black stuff.  Since I was on a roll I called the VW dealer about the
engine because I suddenly remembered that the big vw and rings means that vw
made the engine.  Confirmed no gaskets and only a small o ring for the water
pump and the blue stuff was used as well.

Basically the same engine that VW put in the rabbit at the time.

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