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Originally Posted by dfink
The loctite 574 is probably great if the case seals and you never have to take it apart again. Even it it seals you could have to take it apart for other reasons. If you do have to take it apart beware to place lots of time aside for cleanup. The 574 is like friggin super rock. Regardless of what it says even the squeeze out gets hard. The heads were the worst because of all the studs and the springs that you have to go around. I literally had to take a awl and chisle some of the stuff off. I sure hope the hylomar works because I don't want to ever go back to using the anaerobic sealants. Perhaps it is just the 574. I used a peratex sealant on my last engine and I don't remember having the cleanup problem that I had with the 574. Perhaps the threebond is better also.
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I also had a nightmare trying to get off all the old 574 after this.....
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=440022
the re-melting thing wouldn't work as there was too much thickness. I'll be using hylomar practically everywhere I can. anyone wanna buy an unopened tube of threebond 1211? I had to rebuild this engine because some genius used silicone to seal the case halves.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=371960&highlight=silicone
the bits plugged most oil passages, and finally a rod bearing started knocking. good thing, anything else would have caused more damage! even with the threebond 1194 I have concerns over the squeeze-out on the inside getting into something it shouldn't. with hylomar, that just is NOT AN ISSUE! I'll use it everywhere I can, and if it does somehow start leaking somewhere. I can console myself in the knowledge that I won't be digging chunks of gunk out of the oil passages next time I tear it down.