z wrote:
> On May 13, 10:40 pm, jim beam <spamvor...@bad.example.net> wrote:
>> z wrote:
>>> On May 12, 5:14�pm, ndccpf1 <ndcc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Or a frame piece needs to be removed ?
>>> probably have to wrestle with the exhaust. might try a dose of those
>>> leak sealer goops; they do wonders with a low pressure rubber gasket
>>> leak.
>> application of goop requires pan removal. in which case, you may as
>> well replace the gasket properly. much better to re-snug the bolts and
>> see if it fixes the problem. 9 times out of 10, it does.
>
> naw, just the mouse milk you pour into the oil.

no way. that's stuff is not just clogging your leaks, it's clogging the
oil ways you want to remain open too. terrible advice.


> i had a leaky rear
> main seal on a volvo a while back, wasn't up to digging my way down to
> it; the parts guy (mom n pop store, not poop boys) looks it up in a
> catalog, says yep it might be susceptible, sells me a bottle of the
> stuff. don't remember which brand. did a pretty good job stopping the
> leak.
>
> doesn't work on the gasket inside the vtec solenoid, btw, i guess it's
> probably not rubber. goes through a quart a week.