Diesel RVs

shit I thought she was sealing it internaling

From: "audiolaw@aol.com" <audiolaw@aol.com>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Gasket sealer

Trish,

What do you mean gasket sealer?

Gaskets form a seal between metal surfaces: such as the gasket that goes between the valve cover and the valve head, or the gasket that goes between the oil pan and the bottom of the engine.

Unless MBZ specifies something in addition to the gasket, the only thing you need to seal the gasket is a properly twisted socket, pulling down to the specified torque.

Gasket cements, found in toothpaste tubes at auto parts stores, may seem like sensible quick fixes. But when you need to do the gasket again, you will have residual cement on the system. You will be tempted to use a scraper to remove that residue and you WILL carve scratches into machined sealing surfaces while you are scraping.

Don't use any "helpful" product that wasn't specified by MBZ. Your Mama knew how to raise you. Ma Benz knows how to build your car.

Tom

In a message dated 12/27/2011 3:51:19 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, 9729219527@mms.att.net writes:

Is there any particular gasket sealer we should use for diesel?

(OK, now my account is really weirded out. I thought I set it up to send group stuff to my phone. It won't take it from either phone or my purrfect harmony email. I can only post from yahoo groups. Arrrgh! Gotta go back and check my settings again.)

Trish Dougherty
PurrFect Harmony Farm
Ennis, TX

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Hi Tom

Yes, that's exactly what I have. We didn't take out the drain plug, we dropped the pan to replace the gasket. I'll take out the plug tonight when we go over there. We hope to drop the motor and trans in tonight.

I hope I can send this message! I honked up my settings. Got a message from the group on my phone, but can't reply. I couldn't reply from this email address either, only from the group site on yahoo. I think I got it back to how it was before I started plinking around. I wanted to get the group messages on my phone so I could also send. Oh well. I can't post pics from my phone anyhow.

On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 5:37 PM, <audiolaw@aol.com> wrote:

Trish,

If they came with the oil filter, they are for the oil drain plug. There should be one copper and one aluminum. Which one you use depends on which one your car calls for (the filter will fit various companies' cars).

I believe that all MBZs use the copper washer.

Tom

In a message dated 12/27/2011 1:55:10 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, purrfectharmonyfarm@wifi45.com writes:

Yes, there were two different crush washers in the kit. AH! That could be, that it goes to the drain plug..anyone else out there with an answer???

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Trish Dougherty
PurrFect Harmony Farm
Ennis, TX
http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com

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