I've been trying to find some but none of the local chains seem to cary it.

 

Napa, Auto Zone, Baxter, any automotive parts store.

 

Shoot... I heard it was discontinued from Permatex.

I would still keep looking though. I think last time I got it was at Action Autoparts in N. Lynwood.

 

Guess I'll try Action then. I heard the permatex thing too. I'm guessing thats why its a little hard to find. Pitty.

 

I have about 25+ tubes of the stuff in stock.. there about 10.00 a tube if you still need it..

Later
Dan

 

i find it at auto zone all the time.

 

Hylomar is effective but it is nasty stuff. If you've ever rebuilt an engine assembled with hylomar, you will never want to use that stuff again. Smurf Snot is an apt nickname for it.

For general sealing, just use a quality silicone. For holding seals in place during engine building, Crisco is the cheap, effective alternative, plus it acts as a great assembly lube. We fill big syringes with it so it can be easily squeezed into seal grooves, thus hydrolically holding the seals in place. Plus when you light the motor off for the first time, it smells like fried chicken!

 

I had the same experience as Blake. I don't like hylomar.

 

FYI permatex lost its licensing rights with Hylomar, so you have to purchase it thru one of the dealers....... Hylomar was designed for some engines as the actual head gasket. I forgot what type it was off hand.

 

Rolls Royce?

 

That definatly explains why i can't find it around. Even the lady at Napa was confused it wasnt on the shelf. She said some would be in tomorrow for me.

Mine main reason for wanting it was for the LIM to block and LIM to UIM gaskets. I wanted something non hardening so that I wouldn't have the nightmare of gasket removal if i had to pull the manifold again.

For now both gaskets are just on dry (new gaskets) I'm hoping this won't be a problem. If it is, what do you guys recomend?

 

Thanks Jeff for the help!