LOL, yeah I know. It just gets bothersome sometimes. :)

Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.522.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA

>From: "Jeffrey Schwaia" <jeff@vanagonparts.com>
>To: "Chris DeLong" <green536@HOTMAIL.COM>, <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Subject: RE: put goo on gaskets or not?
>Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 18:34:47 -0800
>
>Ah, come on Chris.  If high-temp RTV silicone is good enough to replace
>those O-rings on the space shuttle, they're good enough for your Vanagon...
>
>Seriously though, you're always going to have that "it worked on my Chevy,
>so it'll work on my VW" mentality.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jeff
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
>Of Chris DeLong
>Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 6:17 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: put goo on gaskets or not?
>
>
>So the dealer told you that VW 4 cylinder Rabbit motors had no valve cover
>gasket and just glue???? Same with the oil pan???
>
>Whatever, I offered my opinion. You want to use glue/sealer/dead rats/old
>toe jam to seal your engine. Thats fine. Dont forget to buy the previously
>mentioned glue remover too.
>
>Ill stick with my factory service manual and years of professional
>experience to fix my cars.
>
>
>
>Chris DeLong
>Fine Tuning
>206.522.5503
>www.finetuningperformance.com
>Seattle, WA USA
>
>
>
>
> >From: jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
> >Reply-To: jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: Re: put goo on gaskets or not?
> >Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 18:14:13 -0700
> >
> >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.
> >
> >
> >����������������������������������������
> >jimt
> >Planned insanity is best.
> >Remember that sanity is optional.
> >http://www.tactical-bus.info (tech info)
> >http://www.westydriver.com
>
>