Thanks for the replies everyone,
I wouldnt have bloody bothered if i had known everyone was having these problems
- im gunna ring ridgecrest tomorrow and see what they have to say for them
selves. Basically i think im gunna end up just taking it out and putting a stock
gasket in - at least i know itll last for a few months!! Im not all in the mood
to be doing this 2 or 3 more times.
Mark, i cant believe the exact same thing has happend to yours! Yeah i was
checkin out Hylomar aswell but ended up going with 3 Bond as that was what they
recommended to me. And yes i just put it around the oil and water holes like
they also reccomended. I know what you mean about this making it uneven and its
true - i really dont know what to do
Steve.
mark krawczuk wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: steven.taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sunday, September 23, 2001 4:22 PM
> Subject: Copper gask. sealing probs??
>
> >Hey,
> >Im in a not too impressed mood at the moment as ive just spent all
> >yesterday rebuilding my z18 using a ridgecrest 2mm copper head gasket. I
> >had the head machined and o-ringed, and i used 3 bond sealer around the
> >water and oil holes etc. Anyhow i finished it off today and started it
> >up only to find that coolant is slowly dripping from the exhuast side
> >between the head and the block!!!
>
> hi, that is incredible, on my l20 with z18 head, i used a ridgecrest 2mm
> copper gasket, and guess what it is also leaking coolant out of the exhaust
> side!!!!!!!
> in the beginning, when i was ringing up ridgecrest about the gasket they
> said to use three bond as well, then i said what about hylomar? they didnt
> even acknowledge that i said it.
> so what i am gonna do now is , take the head of again, clean it all up then
> get some hylomar in a sprayable can, and give it a really good coat , and
> hopefully it will be ok.
>
> hylomar is a blue colored sealant,..... it is non silicone and comes in a
> tube and a spray can.
> i know that rolls royce use it, and i think that it is madeby/or under
> liscence by them as well.
> it is especially made to use on head gaskets.
>
> seeya, mark krawczuk
> ps. ridgecrest said to put it around all the oil and water holes, not
> over the whole head gasket, which i done.
> maybe , i think that if it was put over the whole head gasket it would
> be better sealing,..
> even though the seallant would only be bugger all thick after the head is
> tightened down , i think that this is the problem putting it down in
> certain areas, cause instead of having a even coat over the whole surface
> area, it is only in certain spots ,, and you would have a layer of three
> bond then head gasket, and not giving a complete flat tightening...
> do you get what i mean?
>
> mark k
>
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