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Engine compartment seal question.
Did a search and saw this asked but not answered. I'm replacing the rubber engine compartment seal in my car. The seal angles at the base that gets inserted into the channel. My question is, does the seal angle up or down from the channel after placement? I don't remember from when I removed the old seal. Also if anybody had any tips, I'd appreciate it. Seems like it's just going to be a slog to get the new seal in. Thanks.
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Angle down. Engine and tins come up from the bottom and make decent seal surface.
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Silicone spray is your friend here. Spray the channel and the seal to help you shove it around the perimeter
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If you have the engine out there is no need to slide the new seals in. Simply place the upper lip in the channel and the lower lip can be easily pushed into the groove with your fingers. U can do both seals in about 10 mins this way. Also don't forget that the upper flap goes above the engine tin and the lower one below the tin.
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Thanks yeolcab1, that was what I was thinking intuitively but wanted to make sure. The engine is out, so I'll try to use 997at's method. I tried silicone spray & pulling/shoving it along in the channel (after cleaning the channel out). That seemed like a no go. Pushing the lower lip into the groove doesn't seem easy either. I tried it, but if it goes in with some effort, I'm OK with that. Thanks to everyone.
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OK, some follow up on this for anybody who has to do it. The three sided seal I have is new but from many years back and has been in my storage for all those years. I bought a new seal from PP for the short, front part of the engine compartment and decided to open the package and look at it. Turns out there is a difference in the design that gets seated in the channel. The new one has a V notch in the top part that allows it to be compressed easily into the channel. The old one doesn't have the notch and is impossible to compress into the channel - and I couldn't pull it into the channel for more than about six inches. The new, front seal installed in about five minutes, so I solved the problem and ordered a new, three sided one from our host. Here are a couple of pics of what I'm talking about. Sorry the focus is fuzzy, but you can see the difference. So with the newer seal design, it truly is about a 20 to 30 minute job.
 
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