Used wrong gasket goo......how much of a problem?

[Mr Ed]

As usual, I combined the drinking of beer with my engine tinkering. After Id spent a while wiping a thin coat of Loctite No.3(non-hardening) goo on the cam cover seals and bolting the cam covers all back into place.......I realised I had actually used Maniseal exhaust gasket goo (very hard drying stuff).

Engine hasnt been started since I did this and Im wondering whether I should pull the whole lot apart and clean it up before putting it back together properly. Im worried it wont seal properly and oil will leak out everywhere....or worse still if it crumbles I might get chucks of hard crap in my engine.

I blame it mostly on the packages being similar colours (even though one is a squeeze tube and one is a little bottle)

What should I do? Any help appreciated!

[wilbo666]

I vote take it off, clean it up and do it properly

Cheers
Wilbo

[EldarO]

not that hard, just pull it off and re-do, you'll regret it later if you dont, and it'll always be on your mind as a potential bugger uperer.

Eldar.O.

[skiddz]

i vote redo it, its only cam covers at the most an afternoons work

[Mr Ed]

Bah fine ill do it. Should only take an hour or so I guess.

Vaguely related question: What sort of material should I make a new gasket for a water pipe out of, if the original one has been stolen by gnomes?

[MWP]

Yup, redo it now.
With any luck its still soft as exst goo normally hardens with heat.

As for the new gasket, cut one out of some thickish blank gasket paper.

[skiddz]

ive used a weetbix box for a water pump gasket on my old 2t and a bit of aviation gasket sealer

[oldcorollas]

cardboard will weep thru the core.
oil resistant gasket paper (the black stuff) is not too bad..
water proof gasket paper would be better

[Mr Ed]

water proof gasket paper would be better

Sounds to me

[joey]

I just made a gasket for my intake manifold and wanted to know if the manifold "goo" stuff was neccesary? the guy at repco said i wouldn't really need it but is he wrong (wouldn't suprise me) or correct?

[oldcorollas]

not actually necessary, but i often use red RTV to assist in removin the manifolds and gaskets later

[ViPeR_NiPPleX]

weet-bix box packaging I find to work quite well for gasket cardboard/paper... definately used a dab or two of goop with it provided you want it to last.

[thechuckster]

supacrap sell rolls ofo paper gasket material - in several thicknesses as well.

maniseal contains sand-like stuff (silica) - which if ingested by your engine will damage things (particularly if it goes past some wearing surfaces on its way to the oil pump).