<VV> oil seepage and treatment

[Eric Lucas]

I just want to echo Smitty. If surfaces are clean and dry, I have found that no 'sealant' is needed to provide leak-free performance.
 
Eric in Indiana
 
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:58:40 -0400
> Subject: <VV> oil seepage and treatment
> From: virtualvairs at corvair.org
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> Smitty Says; ....   .... One day I was putting new gaskets on an 
> engine and decided to use no sealer .  Wiped everything down nice and clean 
> and dry and clamped the covers on as indicated by the book.  Days, weeks, 
> and months went by with no leaks.  I started doing all of them dry.  I have 
> not had a seep or leak since then.  We are talking maybe up to 10 years of 
> no leaks.  You can do what you want with that information.