Thread sealer
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From: Lake Norman NC
Thread sealer
Just curious...do you guys use any type of sealer on your bolts when it comes to the intake, flywheel, clutch plate? Silicone RTV or teflon? Anti seize? in the past i haven't really used anything. 
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On bolts that go into the water jacket (head bolts) and bolts that go into the oil windage area (intake bolts) I like to use Edelbrock's GaskaCinch sealant on the threads. This effectively seals the bolts to prevent any leaks, and it does not affect torque readings the way silicone sealant does (check a torque reading on a head bolt with and without silicone sometime: the slicone messes up your torque!).
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From: Lake Norman NC
Originally Posted by Twin_Turbo
loctite on flywheel & pressure plate (I have yet to find a clutchplate w/ bolts 
) Intake, oiled or a little rtv.
) Intake, oiled or a little rtv.
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Easy to do a little home science project here.
I used what ARP sells for thread sealer on the intake and kinda regret it. That stuff never hardens. Used on my head bolts too and thought i had an oil from the head into water jacket leak. So i put some of that ARP teflon stuff on a paper napkin and let it sit for over a month and it never hardened. Scraped it up with a tookpick and put it in jar full of wtr and boiled it in the microwave for a few minutes - still soft. Dumped the wtr, let jar dry and filled with oil - white goop kind'a started to float apart. I won't use the teflon goop again.
I like Permetex #2 as it becomes semi-hard. #2 is pretty messy stuff but cleans up easy with isoprop alcohol. I use #2 on all my threaded fuel fittings. No more white goop for my car. But hey u can test this stuff for yourself at home and please post ur results.
cardo0
BTW never heard/considered of using RTV on threads - great for gaskets and seals though.
Oh and i use both hands to clutch my plate at a barbeque on a windy day but that is relative to the amount of food i get to pile on.
I like Permetex #2 as it becomes semi-hard. #2 is pretty messy stuff but cleans up easy with isoprop alcohol. I use #2 on all my threaded fuel fittings. No more white goop for my car. But hey u can test this stuff for yourself at home and please post ur results.
cardo0BTW never heard/considered of using RTV on threads - great for gaskets and seals though.
Oh and i use both hands to clutch my plate at a barbeque on a windy day but that is relative to the amount of food i get to pile on.
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Originally Posted by cardo0
I used what ARP sells for thread sealer on the intake and kinda regret it. That stuff never hardens. Used on my head bolts too and thought i had an oil from the head into water jacket leak. So i put some of that ARP teflon stuff on a paper napkin and let it sit for over a month and it never hardened. Scraped it up with a tookpick and put it in jar full of wtr and boiled it in the microwave for a few minutes - still soft. Dumped the wtr, let jar dry and filled with oil - white goop kind'a started to float apart. I won't use the teflon goop again.
I like Permetex #2 as it becomes semi-hard. #2 is pretty messy stuff but cleans up easy with isoprop alcohol. I use #2 on all my threaded fuel fittings. No more white goop for my car. But hey u can test this stuff for yourself at home and please post ur results. cardo0
BTW never heard/considered of using RTV on threads - great for gaskets and seals though.
Oh and i use both hands to clutch my plate at a barbeque on a windy day but that is relative to the amount of food i get to pile on.
I like Permetex #2 as it becomes semi-hard. #2 is pretty messy stuff but cleans up easy with isoprop alcohol. I use #2 on all my threaded fuel fittings. No more white goop for my car. But hey u can test this stuff for yourself at home and please post ur results.
cardo0BTW never heard/considered of using RTV on threads - great for gaskets and seals though.
Oh and i use both hands to clutch my plate at a barbeque on a windy day but that is relative to the amount of food i get to pile on.
This Teflon based sealer has a rust and corrosion inhibitor. It delivers a flexible, leak-proof seal in aluminum, steel, stainless steel, and plastic against coolants, water, gasoline, natural gas, and LPG. It is effective from -30 to 550 degrees F and has a sealant range of 10,000 psi. 1.69 fluid oz. squeeze tube.