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Originally Posted by exE36M3
Hey - just wanted to say THANK YOU for your follow-up post on this thing. A LOT of guys post their "first 5-minutes" impressions and reviews of things online and tend to leave off the - "oh crap, the install didn't go as planned."
I followed instructions to a T for [ named cam plate maker ]. The suggested process ended up with a BIG leak as O-ring on the cam plate doesn't REALLY go into the cam opening like it looks it like would. And just a few dabs of silicon didn't do it either.
Like you, I ended up going with Ultra-RTV with Synthetic oil resistance... and instead of waiting just a few hours, I followed the Permatex instructions of rtv-ing surfaces (cam plate and cam opening - gooped a full circle around both surfaces), install part with setting torque (eg. enough to set the cam plate in place), wait an hour, tighten to torque specs and then WAIT another 24 hours for RTV to set.
Have a feeling this will work better. Will follow-up with story of success or failure.
- ExE36M3
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every previous time I applied sealant I followed the directions "wait an hour, tighten to torque specs and then WAIT another 24 hours for RTV to set. " It was squeezing too much sealant out.
Mine is still not leaking. I am certain it never will.