[Peterfrans]

I am ashamed to admit I got the loctite 518 knowledge of the automotion catalogue: "Red Loctite #518. After years of development of case sealants, Loctite has created a Red Loctite which not only is far superior over the Orange version, but has a far greater adhesion rate for high temperature applications. Used by most shops not only for rebuilding high performance cases, but also for gaskets too. Expensive, but isnt your new engine worth it?"

I thought so........

When I take it apart I will have a look what exactly caused the leaks. I am fairly sure it is human (mine) error. I am also sure that several sealants will perform when applied in the right way. When you look at the specs of Curil, Dirko, Hylomar or Loctite they all claims to do the same and have their advocates.

I was a bit "scared" of 574 because of the stories about it curing to soon and spoiling tolerances of the bearings.