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Originally Posted by Henry Schmidt View Post
Hylomar never dries completely (non- setting) which makes it inappropriate for long term case sealing. If used as a case sealer, you might get lucky but it's a lot of work to reseal a case so hoping to get lucky seems vacuous to me.
For racing or sport engine that are disassembled on a regular basis it is fine.
The product is basically the same consistency as Curil T and should only be used in similar applications.

In the case of weeping chain box gaskets that had 574 thinly applied a simple retorque may cure your weeping issues.
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As usual, Henry, thanks for the expert advice. I'm inclined to agree about the use of Hylomar for actually sealing an engine case...probably a non-issue for a serious race engine with regular tear downs. I dunno, I don't have enough experience, so what the hell do I know? Sealing the case was something I just couldn't roll the dice on.
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