That's a field expedient trick I started back in the 70s, if you pull engines apart often at the track like on valve covers and such. The idea is to use the 3m on the easy to clean side like the VC and not the head, and to eliminate possible leeks from one side of the gasket. It also keeps the gasket aligned & attached to the side & part of your choice for quick reassembley. When your reassembling the engine you only need a thin layer of silicone on one side and your done. The silicone side releases the gasket from the head easier than the 3m side for disassembly so the gasket goes with the VC every time. And you are correct the 3m (gorilla snot as we called it) is hard to get off, wire wheels work well.
Herb
1956 Plymouth Belvedere 361 4-Sale
1959 Coronet 326 Poly
1961 Belvedere Custom Suburban Wagon 318 Poly
1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer Wagon 318 Poly
1963 Fury 2D/HT 7.0L
1963 Sport Fury Convertible 361
1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst 440
1979 Dodge Aspen R/T Sport Wagon 360
1999 Durango SLT 5.9L
2008 SRT-8 Magnum 6.1L
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Date: 12/14/2011 1:32:21 AM
Subject: Re: Silicone on Everything?
How is the yellow 3M stuff for getting back apart and cleaning it off
where it had been stuck? I would guess a real
SOB...................MO
> Another great way to seal up an engine is to use 3M weatherstrip Adhesive.{the yellow stuff} Some racers I ran around with clued me into this stuff and I've used it for years with good luck.I always used Permatex Av-gasket sealer before{that sticky brown stuff}but the 3M adhesive is alot easier to use and not near as messy.
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> Jim
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> 96 Indy Ram
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> If you use enough silicone to squeeze out when tightened, likely the
> ame amount will be inside the gasket . And it will eventually come
> ff and get in the oil. I love it and I hate
> t!.......................MO
> A friend gave me a 361 that he replaced with a 383 because it was suffering
> from low oil pressure. Pulled it apart and found that silicone was used
> liberally on it instead of gaskets. Found strings & chunks of various
> colored silicone sucked up into the oil pickup clogging it up. I am sure it
> did not happen all at one time, but over the years. Silicone cost him the
> price of and the labor of replacing an engine. Now that said, a thin layer
> of silicone on both sides of a gasket can help the sealing process in
> extreme circumstances.
>
> Herb
>
> 1956 Plymouth Belvedere 361 4-Sale
> 1959 Coronet 326 Poly
> 1961 Belvedere Custom Suburban Wagon 318 Poly
> 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer Wagon 318 Poly
> 1963 Fury 2D/HT 7.0L
> 1963 Sport Fury Convertible 361
> 1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst 440
> 1979 Dodge Aspen R/T Sport Wagon 360
> 1999 Durango SLT 5.9L
> 2008 SRT-8 Magnum 6.1L
> St. Louis, MO.
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> From: Eric Sturgis
> Date: 12/13/2011 3:01:16 AM
> Subject: Re: Silicone on Everything?
>
> Eric I've found that silicone is great in the bathroom, around sinks, and
> for caluking doors and windows on a house. I've found very little use for
> it in my car. Clean, straight surfaces with good gaskets that are properly
> torqued have always worked very well for me.
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> Tacoma, WA
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