is there anything to make gaskets not stick?

[Guest]

Ok, so I want to have the option to take something off without destroying the gasket. A friend at school said to spray some wd-40 on the surfaces of the mating faces and both sides of the gasket.

I was wondering if y'all had any opinions or experience with stuff like this..

[JCSkokos]

Scratch that, I found some info in the 'tips and tricks' forum... Is there a way to delete a thread? lol

[Flyboy]

Depends on what gasket, I only assemble with a light smear of clean engine oil, light duly grease or dry.
No gunk and goop whizz bang formulations for me.
Never have a problem when stripping later.

[bonanzadave]

No gunk and goop whizz bang formulations for me.

All the old timers put airplane engines together with Fuel Lube. This is about the same stuff....

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/ezturnlube.php

[Steve]

All the old timers put airplane engines together with Fuel Lube. This is about the same stuff....

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...ezturnlube.php

Do you have to show your AOPA number or is it available to mere mortals?

.

[Flyboy]

Nah Steve, you can just waltz in and buy it, if you close enough, or just order it online, aircraft spruce sells to any of the unwashed masses.

[mustangflyr]

Use a thin coat of wheel bearing grease on gaskets and o-rings, advice from an old
AAF crew chief I knew.

[Nessism]

Please don't quote me on this but some of the OE gaskets I've seen have a shiny shellac looking coating on them, which (I think) is sort of a heat activated sealer of some sort. I've taken to install all OE gaskets dry, other than the valve cover, and trust Suzuki knew what they are doing.

[spyug]

Use a thin coat of wheel bearing grease on gaskets and o-rings, advice from an old
AAF crew chief I knew.

I'll second that. Its the same information I got from my pro wrench and I've been doing it for years. I use the technique on all paper gaskets, especially my carb bowl gaskets. Never had a problem with leaking or sticking.

Good luck with your projects.

Cheers,
Spyug

[JCSkokos]

Thank you guys. This was a lot more useful and detailed than what I found earlier. Ill go pick up some grease when I go to get the rotella later.