[bmw] Closing Today! 1985 BMW 535i 5-speed + 2 USGP Tickets on eBay

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"This car is in great shape considering the age and nearly 220,000 miles.  
Owned and maintained by a mechanical engineer.  Any hired work was done by the 
finest independent mechanic in the area (Rick Vaughn).  I have tried hard to 
keep it in tip-top shape, but my schedule lately has prevented me from staying 
on top of things.  It runs well and drives fine, but there are a couple of 
things that will need to be taken care of in the not-to-distant future.  The 
car is priced accordingly."

> I'd be rather leery of using silicone on a head gasket. As general rule 
> silicones have poor oil resistance. Both Loctite's specs and my 
> experience are in agreement here.
> 
> I put a bead of Loctite #518 around all of the oil drain and supply 
> holes in the gasket.
> 
> Loctite #518 has a temperature spec of  300 F  (as I recall), thus using 
> it on a head, particularly near the exhaust side leaves little service 
> temperature margin.
> 
> Peter
> 
> >So what is the 'trick' then - use silicone/RTV when
> >installing a head gasket?
> >
> >Igor 
> >86 325 <- about to get a new head gasket
> >
> >
> ><snip>
> >From: Peter du Bois <allegro1@domain.elided>
> >Subject: Re:[uuc] M20 leaks
> >
> >The head gaskets for M20 are pretreated with beads of
> >silicone that 
> >does little, if anything, to prevent leaks.
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