Re: IML: Rear-end sealant

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The sealer you most probably used, was a silicone type. Unfortunately, these sealers don't seal well, if there is ANY oil residue left on the sealing surfaces.A new gasket would certainly be a better choice.Hopefully, there was no gear, or bearing damage otherwise, all your efforts were for naught. Ya'll have a nice day, Dave....(DR. DOOM)

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From: Matthew Gill <mgill3@xxxxxxx>

> Yeah i think i may have squeezed a lot of it out, i'm not gonna hold
> my breath on it keeping a seal so i may end up grabbing a gasket
> rather than trying to use that stuff again... we'll see. I only
> bought a quart of rear-end fluid, not realizing that it takes 4.4
> pints (about 2 and a half quarts) so the car is still sitting on
> jacks until i can get a friend to run me over to grab some more fluid...
>
> I'm sure nobody would suggest running the car with less than half of
> the rear end fluid in there?
>
> Matt
>
> On Dec 7, 2006, at 10:32 PM, john sadowski wrote:
>
> > I've never used any of this stuff. Seems like a lot of newer cars
> > are built with sealers instead of re al gaskets. It may be just me,
> > but it seems just putting a gasket in there would have been easier.
> > With a liquid sealer, it seems as though you would have a tendency
> > to over tighten & squeeze most of the sealer out. Since its not
> > under pressure, it may end up OK.
> >
> > John
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Gill"
> > To:
> > Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 6:45 PM
> > Subject: IML: Rear-end sealant
> >
> >
> >> I sealed my rear end with this stuff that i had to squirt out of
> >> a tube, it was black and very sticky... on the back of the
> >> package it says to let it cure for 24 hours. I was disappointed
> >> that i won't be able to drive the car tonight.
> >>
> >> Has anybody used this sort of sealant, and does it work well? When
> >> I removed the rear-end cover i noticed that it had a rubber gasket
> >> on it previously, but the man at Checker recommended the tube of
> >> guck that you spread around the whole thing and around the
> >> holes. Hopefully it holds a good seal.
> >>
> >> I haven't even put the fluid in yet since it says to let it cure
> >> for 24 hours... i'll put the fluid in tomorrow evening and then
> >> i'll be able to drive it. Hopefully i have no leaks!
> >>
> >>
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