<div dir="ltr">Just for the record, in the hundred or so engines I made with the figure 8 seals, I just wiped each gasket on both sides with a little grease, a really thin coat, never had a leaker.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><p><strong><font color="#000099">Never be beaten by equipment.</font></strong></p></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Mordy Dunst <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gasket.works@gte.net" target="_blank">gasket.works@gte.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
<div style="clear:both"> <font size="2">Realistically, loading a cylinder sleeve at 105 ft lbs of axial clamping load onto a copper figure of eight ring at the bottom is likely adequate for sealing. The coolant pressure inside the block is perhaps 12-22psi. I currently do however put a dressing under the sleeve. Hylomar M is what I use as it is very thin once applied. Gasket shellac is arguably just as good. The key is a thin coat. Most all sealants get pressed out of the pocket anyways. I was thinking that a future iteration of a cylinder sleeve I would experiment with a silicon or viton oring placed at the bottom of the cylinder sleeve which has an imbedded groove. This however is more of a thought experiment and is more than is really needed. Alternatively, I was also thinking of cutting some rings made from thin teflon sheet and place it on the underside of the sleeves with the figure of eight gaskets. <br><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
mordy<br>
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