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- May 11, 2007
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- Niketown, OR
strip it all back apart and put the pink stuff in there. I have heard of/seen issues on more than 1 occasion using not the pink stuff. JohnMC had constant issues with leaks until he spent $30 on the tube of Volvo OE stuff and used it.
As far as I can tell there are no exterior leaks concerning the anaerobic...
I used these o-rings.
https://www.oringsandmore.com/viton-fkm-o-ring-48-x-2mm-price-for-1-pc/
I also used Loctite 510, which I take to be nearly equivalent (or equivalent) to the Volvo branded product.
(it is the higher temp of the 2 Loctite anerobic sealants, Loctite 518 being the lower temp variety)
https://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=289411
Thanks for doing the legwork on those o-rings
That's not for the valve cover - it's just between the head and cam cover - where pressurized oil feed to the lifters flows.
I used Volvo pink stuff a couple of times with no leaks. I tried the stuff IPD sells for less once, it seeped in several spots, until I pulled it back apart and used the pink stuff again.
My technique (same using the IPD stuff):
- get it spotlessly clean
- use rubbing alcohol to get the traces of oil out of there - clean and bone dry
- use a little foam roller to put on an even and fairly thin layer of pink stuff
- slap it together and tighten those 30(ish) bolts down snug, but not *tight*.
For the valve covers I'd just get everything clean, a touch of RTV here and there on the 'corners' (where the cam caps bolt onto the cam carrier and the VC humps over them). Then sometimes I'd install the gasket dry, sometimes I'd use some of that Indian Head shellac stuff. I never had much of a problem with the VC leaking either way.
Thanks! The Elwis gaskets currently available seem too thick. I added a thin layer of RTV, but that doesn't seem to be enough.