Hylomar

[mustardfj40]

Has anyone use Hylomar as a gasket dresser? I really want to use it but I am very concerned that it will glue the the oil pan to engine. By using Hylomar, will it make it difficult for removing the oil pan later on?

Thanks in advance.

/td

 

[76FJ40]

Hylomar works great as a sealer and you will be able to easily disassemble in the future.

 

[makomark]

I would buy the permatex brand, ive used both and the hylomar spreads a little to thin.

 

[terrx]

I like hylomar for flanges and paper gaskets. My experience is it doesn't work well with cork gaskets (for example, SF diff covers). It's so slippery that the gasket material squishes out before bolts/nuts are torqued to spec.

 

[1911]

Hylomar is by design non-hardening so it will never glue anything. It works well as a gasket dressing on well-machined (perfectly flat) surfaces. It does not seal as well as RTV silicone, but neither will it obstruct oil or coolant passages with hard blobs of silicone if you use too much. I prefer to use RTV on oil pan gaskets.

 

[mustardfj40]

Thanks guys! I will use it then.