Non-stick engine gaskets

Anyone using teflon spray or white moly grease on paper engine gaskets?

I just sprayed teflon chain saver spray on the spindle plate gaskets. Drys into a thin clear wax. I like it. Will see if they dare continue to stick now. Will try this on the engine to primary gasket and others.

I hate gaskets that stick and also do not like using ugly colored sealant.

So far as valve cover gaskets go the silicone rubber version sold by this supplier works well and does not stick...

Loctite 518 applied to the gasket, peels off like a sticky note

http://www.amazon.com/Loctite-50ml-Gask ... B000FONONG

elefantrider said:

Anyone using teflon spray or white moly grease on paper engine gaskets?

I just sprayed teflon chain saver spray on the spindle plate gaskets. Drys into a thin clear wax. I like it. Will see if they dare continue to stick now. Will try this on the engine to primary gasket and others.

I hate gaskets that stick and also do not like using ugly colored sealant.

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I use high temp wheel bearing grease on one side and good glue [Yamabond] on the other side. That way when I need to pull a cover it comes right off and I can re-use the gasket. Chain spray may work also.

It saved me just last summer when I had to fix a kicker pawl in the carriage house behind the hotel in Jefferson Texas. Jim

bluto said:

So far as valve cover gaskets go the silicone rubber version sold by this supplier works well and does not stick...

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Nice gaskets except for being red. Sadly, they won't sell any except a full set.

A little pricey and don't like the red. I can see the interest of green timing cover and inner primary gaskets. Haven't experience much sticking on the paper valve cover gaskets however.

You lot in the states are lucky when it comes to grease as you can locally purchase MIL-COM TW25-B. I use it to cover the face of the component I don't want the gasket to adhere to, works better than most methods I have tried. I also used as it a preservative on non coated items in the garage here in wind and rain swept damp blighty and it is still keeping the corrosion away after 5 years.

To get it to the UK it can be shipped in tubes by air, so I usually order it a couple of tubes at a time from the US, there is a UK importer but it is only imported for the MOD for use on the MK44 and similar weapon systems. The company will not disclose the components of the grease, so it can not get a MSDS that would satisfy the HSE, ironically I believe the components are sourced in the UK and Germany and processed in the US!

I've got the silicone valve cover gaskets. Best purchase ever.

lay the gasket on newspaper, smear a thin film of silicon on both sides. Wait 5 min, while waiting - smear a film of oil on the aluminum mating surfaces. Now your gaskets are rubberised, will seal better and are reusable. Try it on the timing cover.

That's what I do, lightly silicone them to one side and use some kind of release agent on the other after a skim of more silicone. Works for me. Usually can get them off and re-use.