FWIW ;
Kopper Kote is made for head gaskets .
For rocker boxes and oil pans etc. on your crappy non Mercedes engines , you should try " The Right Stuff " also made by Permatex , it's available in the tubes or , much better , in a nifty Foo-Foo Can so you can apply it much more carefully and accurately , a 3/16" thin bead does the trick .
In general , Anerobic Sealants are bad because when you use too much , the mushed out extra bit drops into the engine and tends to clog up things that really shoud't be clogged , resulting in catastrophic engine failure when you're out late with SWMBO whilst wearing you best duds or when you're showing it to the prospective next owner , or your PIA brother in law......
-Nate
Rob wrote:
>
> I used 'Copper Kote' on my $500 Toyota pu I fixed last year, which had a
> blown head gasket. Runs well now, though now I'm up to $1100 on the
> truck, including a reupholstered seat. Great for carrying shit (horse
> manure) and other stuff I don't want to put in the MB.
>
> Just got back from a 1000mile trip up to NoCal and back, in my MB.
> Yosemite has no snow, very weird; the back woods of Napa and Sonoma were
> nice, though I hope I didn't bugger up the alignment on those bumpy
> roads. Some friends up there have a 240D, so I parked right beside it,
> so the cars could chat, while we hiked through the redwoods
>
> I'll figure the MPGs later. The car ran great.
>
> Rob
> '85 300D
> Garden Grove, CA
> ==
>
> On 12/28/11 8:28 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> > 12a. Re : ' Internal ' Gasket Sealers
> > Posted by: "Nate"vwnate1@... vwnate1
> > Date: Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:09 am ((PST))
> >
> >
> > He thought you had removed the cylinder head , in non Mercedes applications , many Mechanics use a special spray on sealer called
> > " Coper Kote " made by Permatex , it is one of the very few good gasket sealers , specialy made for problematic cylinder head gaskets .
> >
> > Not to worry , your Mercedes was properly designed and built (unlike say my 1959 Nash Metropolitan that has a reputation for leaky head gaksets) so you should not need (nor ever use) gasket in a tube or spray can .
> >
> > Nate R. is a long time Machinist& Hot Rodder so he appoaches the job a bit differently . not better nor worse , just differently .
> >
> > -Nate
> > Trish wrote:
> >> >
> >> > HUH?
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Nate Rector<tccservice111@>wrote:
> >> >
> >>> > > **
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
> >>> > > shit I thought she was sealing it internaling
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
> >> >
>
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