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Good point.=C2=A0 I have two myself and they're both blue.=C2=A0 But one c=
ures much like Form-a-Gasket #2 and the other remains viscous.=C2=A0 That i=
s the one I prefer for valve cover gaskets since they need to come off from=
time to time to reset the valve lash.
For a timing cover just about anything will do.=C2=A0 It becomes more a que=
stion of how much clean-up is needed the next time the engine comes apart.
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Dave=20
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From: Alex & Janet Thomson <aljlthomson@charter.net>
To: 'Jeff Scarbrough' <fishplate@gmail.com>; 'Stuart Greenwood' <sagreenwoo=
d@att.net>
Cc: 'Triumphs' <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wed, Feb 24, 2021 6:15 am
Subject: Re: [TR] Timing case oil leak
Now, the next question is - which one? From Hylomar's website, I see about
13 products that probably could be used for gasket making/sealing. Also,
other than mail order to someone like Grainger, where do you find their
products locally?
Alex Thomson
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From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jeff
Scarbrough
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 6:53 AM
To: Stuart Greenwood
Cc: Triumphs (triumphs@autox.team.net)
Subject: Re: [TR] Timing case oil leak
I agree with the statement "Hylomar is the answer".
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 8:28 PM Stuart Greenwood <sagreenwood@att.net>
wrote:
>
> In July 2017 I saw that the front crankshaft oil seal was leaking on my
TR250 but the timing case itself seemed to be leak free. In January 2018 I
replaced this seal which of course meant removing the timing case cover and
using a new gasket. I serviced the car last weekend and could see that the
oil seal was not leaking but there seems to be oil leaking through the
timing case gasket.
> I have the same situation on my Spitfire Mk IV. I completely rebuilt the
engine in April 2004. Now, after about 15,000 miles since the rebuild=C2=A0=
there
are signs that the crankshaft oil seal is leaking again=C2=A0 and the timin=
g
cover gasket is leaking oil.
> I am starting to think that the gaskets you can buy are not oil leak
proof. I think that over time oil seeps through the gasket material, NOT
between the gasket and the engine block or between the gasket and the timin=
g
case cover but through the gasket material itself.
> I am going to replace the oil seal on the Spitfire but the question I hav=
e
for the list is should I use a gasket or use "form a gasket"=C2=A0 RTV type
stuff? Have any of you used a gasket that is guaranteed not permeable to oi=
l
and if so where did you buy it from?
>
> Has anyone else suspected that some gasket you can by from reputable
dealers like TRF, Moss or Rimmers are in reality permeable to oil?
>
> Stuart A Greenwood
> San Diego Ca
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<div> <font size=3D"3">Good point. I have two myself and they're both=
blue. But one cures much like Form-a-Gasket #2 and the other remains=
viscous. That is the one I prefer for valve cover gaskets since they=
need to come off from time to time to reset the valve lash.</font></div>
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<div><font size=3D"3">For a timing cover just about anything will do. =
It becomes more a question of how much clean-up is needed the next time th=
e engine comes apart.</font><br>
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<div style=3D"clear:both"><font size=3D"4">Dave </font><br>
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From: Alex & Janet Thomson <aljlthomson@charter.net><br>
To: 'Jeff Scarbrough' <fishplate@gmail.com>; 'Stuart Greenwood' <s=
agreenwood@att.net><br>
Cc: 'Triumphs' <triumphs@autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Wed, Feb 24, 2021 6:15 am<br>
Subject: Re: [TR] Timing case oil leak<br>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Now, the next question is - which one? From Hylomar's webs=
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for gasket making/sealing. Also,<br clear=3D"none">other than mail order to=
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