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Have been doing some research on hylomar and found that you might have to retorque after using it. It was suggested for loaded studs to torque wait a few minutes and then retorque. It was also suggested to put it on both halves, let the volitiles evaporate then assemble. Since it is non setting it appears there is no hurry to set the case halves.
Found a few VW forums and sounds like they have been using it with good success. I have found several instances of loctite 574 failing. Hence the reason for researching alternatives. The engine I just built was free of debris, cleaned with rubbing alcohol and had good sqeeze out of the 574. It leaked from the moment I put oil in it. Upon dissasembly the coating looked OK but there were several places where it just didn't adhere. If I didn't know the case was clean and saw someone elses leak, I would say you didn't get the case clean but I know it was.
The hylomar also appears to offer easy removal if the case does need to be re-split. They say just wipe it off with laquer thinner no scraping required.