the PO of my bus LOVED his RTV - my engine less so
- airkooledchris
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the PO of my bus LOVED his RTV - my engine less so
there were chunks of it stuck all over the screen
I wish I had taken this out sooner, but a long time ago I broke one of those strainer bolts by over-tightening it and have avoided touching them since then.
the seal itself is two pieces top/bottom - it just looks like one because of all the RTV coating the whole thing.
ya gotta love PO's. (those POS!)
1979 California Transporter
- poptop tom
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Re: the PO of my bus LOVED his RTV - my engine less so
Yeah Chris, those should be paper gaskets.
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- airkooledchris
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Re: the PO of my bus LOVED his RTV - my engine less so
I just edited that part out of my original post. After scraping more and more RTV off of them, I realized there really was paper under it all!poptop tom wrote:Yeah Chris, those should be paper gaskets.
1979 California Transporter
- Bleyseng
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Re: the PO of my bus LOVED his RTV - my engine less so
I hate RTV on engines as most guys slop it on thinking more is better and the chunks break off and end up everywhere.
Geoff
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77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
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Re: the PO of my bus LOVED his RTV - my engine less so
The PO of my 2276 was the same way. I had paper AND metal gasket under the RTV wad holding the (leaking) exhaust!
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1959 Karmann Ghia - Full Race Car
- airkooledchris
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Re: the PO of my bus LOVED his RTV - my engine less so
Im pretty sure my PO thought it was like Marvel Mystery Oil - just stick it everywhere and it'll magically make it better.
It should be noted - he was a professional video/table game and jukebox repairman.
It should be noted - he was a professional video/table game and jukebox repairman.
1979 California Transporter
- Amskeptic
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Re: the PO of my bus LOVED his RTV - my engine less so
Video games . . . don't like RTV instead of solder.airkooledchris wrote:Im pretty sure my PO thought it was like Marvel Mystery Oil - just stick it everywhere and it'll magically make it better.
It should be noted - he was a professional video/table game and jukebox repairman.
Table games . . . don't like RTV instead of silicone lubrication.
Juke boxes . . . don't like RTV instead of a counterweighted tone arm
. . . so why dump it all over your engine?
Colin
(still a nice quick engine though, huh?)
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- ruckman101
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Re: the PO of my bus LOVED his RTV - my engine less so
2276 sounds perky.
stop that
neal
stop that
neal
The slipper has no teeth.
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Re: the PO of my bus LOVED his RTV - my engine less so
RTV, sparingly, has its legitimate uses on engines. These engines were certainly not intended for it though.
- Amskeptic
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Re: the PO of my bus LOVED his RTV - my engine less so
This is America. If less is good, more must be better, like magazine clips.Hippie wrote:RTV, sparingly, has its legitimate uses on engines. These engines were certainly not intended for it though.
Colin
(application-specific RTV on exhaust joints, yes. Black Ultra to fix a split vacuum hose, yes. Anything in contact with the lubrication system, absolutely not)
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- Hippie
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Re: the PO of my bus LOVED his RTV - my engine less so
I hate you hippies.Amskeptic wrote:This is America. If less is good, more must be better, like magazine clips.
Colin
sincerely,
-Hippie
- ruckman101
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Re: the PO of my bus LOVED his RTV - my engine less so
I'm just becoming comfortable with loctite. Red to seat new studs into cases and that sort of thing. Or at least replacement studs, they don't have to be new, just serviceable.
Don't let Gypsie read that.
RTV seams a stop-gap, time-buying application, until the real issue is addressed, not an ultimate solution. And trust me, I've witnessed some amazing RTV resurrection on shredded water-cooled Vanagon head gaskets that drove out after landing on the hook of a tow truck.
neal
Don't let Gypsie read that.
RTV seams a stop-gap, time-buying application, until the real issue is addressed, not an ultimate solution. And trust me, I've witnessed some amazing RTV resurrection on shredded water-cooled Vanagon head gaskets that drove out after landing on the hook of a tow truck.
neal
The slipper has no teeth.