Originally Posted by
twanger
Pls explain what you believe is wrong w/ his approach to the process --- the main thing I was hoping to see was properly applying the RTV (2mm bead which sounds right) but he didn't show it being done ?
He is doing a "quickie fix".
1) You cannot effectively clean ALL surfaces while half the parts are still on the engine.
2) Applying RTV and setting the breathers back on the car means there is no air circulation inside the breather/covers - time required for the RTV to set is WAY longer, this means that when you start the car and drive off, the RTV has not set completely. With the environment in the engine, it may never set. With how I (we) did it, there is air circulation inside the breathers/covers as well as outside.
MANY of us have used his technique, only to find ourselves doing the job again, sometimes in six months. ANYONE I've talked to who took the ENTIRE assemblies off the car and took their time, has never had to repeat the procedure (certainly not in six months). Go ahead, try it his way.
If you PAY someone to do the work, they will use his technique, because no one will pay $90 an hour for a seal job that takes 3 hours, they MUST do a "quickie fix".
I don't do quickie fixes, I want to do the job once and be successful!
