Tip i thought i would share for anyone doing work requiring oil gaskets.

[84 400]

Well i knda hate to give this one out but what the heck. An old timer once gave me a tip when i was little that he learned from his father. When installing new oil sealing gaskets soak them in Marvial mystery oil and then install them. I will tell yeah it works great. i have done it on a bunch of oil pan gaskets alot of small motor rebulds and some valve covers. keeps the seal wet in the beiging and makes it act like a spung so you don't get that period were the seals leak because not seated. give it a try works great! any one else heard of this??

[Low84]

Never heard of that before. Thanks for sharing.

[ghetto_superman]

note to self: do this.

[boxrodz]

I've seen the old-timers coat the gaskets with a light film of grease.

[krue]

Thanks.

[HotRod73]

marvels mystery oil works great for everything, ive done this before as well, heck had an old dirt bike motor lock up sat for about a year, poured some in the cylinder let sit about day or two kicked it over a few good times and broke her lose!

[84 400]

yeah the stuff works goo for what it is. The oil seal thing has done wonders for me. cool to see some of the other ones like grease.