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- From: sjs@torque.bae.bellcore.com (Steve Szymanski)
- Subject: Re: How to use blue silicone RTV
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.152049.19467@walter.bellcore.com>
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- Organization: Bell Communications Research
- References: <1992Jul27.181337.21819@Arco.COM> <1992Jul28.010208.22898@leland.Stanford.EDU> <5342@naucse.cse.nau.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 15:20:49 GMT
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- In article <5342@naucse.cse.nau.edu>, met@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Millam Tackitt) writes:
- |> In article <1992Jul28.010208.22898@leland.Stanford.EDU> eap@leland.Stanford.EDU (Eric Perozziello) writes:
- |> >In article <1992Jul27.181337.21819@Arco.COM> ericc@Arco.COM (Chang Eric(214)754-3562) writes:
- |> >>I have a water pump in my car which just started leaking. I fugured that the
- |> >>gasket was worn out, and, upon opening it up, discovered that it was. It had
- |> >>completely hardned and was brittle enough so it did not seal. I was advised
- |> >>to build a new gasket out of blue RTV. The instructions on the blister pack
- |> >>were clear and explicit. I laid down a 1/8" bead and screwed the bolts back in
- |> >
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-
- One thing that comes to mind since I just did the intake manifold on
- my '87 Trans Am. In the case of a water pump it may or may not matter,
- but on new cars (e.g sensor equipped), I have been told on more than
- one occasion that you should get "sensor safe" silcone. I suppose that
- the chemical composition may destroy the sensors otherwise.
-
- Any comments on this?
-
- Steve
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- Steve Szymanski
- Bellcore RRC-1E222
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