Whilst down the YouTube Vw t2 rabbit hole I noticed a few using this. What’s the thoughts of the group. Do you use as standard etc? I changed the oil yesterday and a few used this on the bolts. Cheers Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Don't, unless it's absolutely necessary. VW didn't. If you do, use the blue un-doable stuff, not the green, or you'll need an oxy torch to get it off.
Are we talking about the bolts that hold the strainer plate on? I think the issue is that some kind of sealant reduces leakage, as oil tracks down the threads. I don’t think there’s much risk of the bolts coming loose. If you have the copper washers, they are designed to crush a little and keep the oil drips in. Ideally you’ll use fresh washers each time but they can often be flatted off on fine abrasive and reused.
With copper washers I read you can boil them in a saucepan of water for a while, which helps keep them malleable. Haven't tried it though, wife would kill me.
They have copper washers though I think. This is type 1 no? Well my 63 beetle did, but that’s a while back.
Well, the question was just in general as I haven’t used this stuff before but in the context of replacing the oil sump plate which bolts thru the oil strainer. Mine just has the 8 hex bolts - no acorns. It’s a 74 beetle 1600 twin port ( get me…. The bloke in the garage told me !!) … Thought I’d just ask as I’m not familiar. Cheers gents!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Recycling copper washers needs a blow torch to re-anneal them. I use acorn nuts and M6 Dowty washers - these have mini rubber lip seals against the plate and the underside of the nuts. Used for some hydraulic connections. The copper washers work fine if new or re-annealed.
Do you mean nuts? As the sump plate should be studs in the engine with nuts holding it, ideally with acorn nuts but standard ones will do.
I once undid some of the bolts on my Peugeot, the brake calipers, done with green permanent Loctite. By the end, the bolts were smoking with the friction of being undone. Just as well I had replacement bolts as the sockets in the heads were just on the edge of giving up too..
You might to put some sealant like Curil T (not threadlock) on the strainer plate nuts. They only need to be nipped up - if you heave, you may strip the studs out of the case. They will stay put - honest
Nuts is normal, but you said hex bolts. Sounds like you’ve got what you basically should have but a change to acorn nuts might be worthwhile eventually.
