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Originally Posted by m42racer View Post
Would someone tell me why it is necessary to add any sealant to the main bearing caps/ saddles? What purpose does this do? If you measure your clearances, would this not add to the clearance? If not, then what purpose does it achieve? If it leaked, where would it leak to?
On Neil's (Performance Developments) advice, I did NOT add any sealant to this area. Over 13,000 daily driven miles since my rebuild and no issues to report with the case leaking.

EDIT: the only area that has developed a tiny weep of oil (not even dripping yet, but it won't be long) are the chain covers. I used a thin coat of 574 on the gaskets. I have purchased new gaskets and will either use a coat of Hylomar or Curil-T on them and button it back up.
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