Re: [MBZ] Head gasket sealant?

2007-01-30 Thread Darrell W. Sigmon
Back in my wrench turning days I used K W Kopper-Koat and never had any problems with it for 15 years. DWS David Brodbeck wrote: LarryT wrote: Depends on how deep it is. Also, head gasket sealants are not usually effective - although I;m sure there may be some that work - perhaps someone

Re: [MBZ] Head gasket sealant?

2007-01-30 Thread JFreezn
In a message dated 1/29/2007 5:54:48 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, l02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I suggest you ask your machinist to take a look and advise you - if it were me and there were any question, I'd have the surface touched up - you;ll be doing a lot of work to put the engine

Re: [MBZ] Head gasket sealant?

2007-01-30 Thread Peter Merle
I'm going to take the block to the engineers for them to access. Peter -Original Message- From: Darrell W. Sigmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 January 2007 02:39 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Head gasket sealant? Back in my wrench turning days I used K W

Re: [MBZ] Head gasket sealant?

2007-01-29 Thread LarryT
, 2007 6:49 AM Subject: [MBZ] Head gasket sealant? Received my machined block and head for my W123 300D and unfortunately managed to scratch the surface of the block which interfaces to the head in a few places during transportation. Should I just leave it or can/ should I apply a sealant

Re: [MBZ] Head gasket sealant?

2007-01-29 Thread David Brodbeck
LarryT wrote: Depends on how deep it is. Also, head gasket sealants are not usually effective - although I;m sure there may be some that work - perhaps someone has some 1st hand experience? A lot of guys swear by Hylomar. YMMV.

Re: [MBZ] Head gasket sealant?

2007-01-29 Thread Frederick Moir
A lot of guys swear by Hylomar. YMMV. Used it on my 2.5DT, good results so far. Fred Moir Lynn MA Dieselitis Maximus - Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food Drink QA. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jan 29 20:16:33 2007 Received: from