Still trying to gather everything to fix the leaking oil separator on my VW. I'm probably overthinking things again as usual, but here goes anyway.
Ordered up some Elring Dirko HT grey as the silicone sealant to use between the plastic separator and aluminium block.
On collection I was told the grey was not available and has been substituted with the Dirko HT red.
Not exactly a straight swap that. Grey/Black/Beige is oxime, Red is acetic cure. Not sure at all which is best for use in this scenario.
Looking it up on Elring and I can see they list the oxime silicone for this VW.
Now, whatever VW put on there clearly didn't last more than 50K km. Not sure I should do more of the same.
Not sure I should be using anything with acetic acid against aluminium either.
Is it best I rather order a oxime silicone or just gun it with this acetic cure one?
Would the acetic or oxime type provide a more durable seal between the plastic and aluminium substrates?
PS: The most annoying thing about this is that I did this research just a few weeks back and settled on oxime hence ordering the grey, but clearly old age is creeping in here and for the life of me I just can't recall how I ended up there. It's so bad browser history has forgotten it.
Ordered up some Elring Dirko HT grey as the silicone sealant to use between the plastic separator and aluminium block.
On collection I was told the grey was not available and has been substituted with the Dirko HT red.
Not exactly a straight swap that. Grey/Black/Beige is oxime, Red is acetic cure. Not sure at all which is best for use in this scenario.
Looking it up on Elring and I can see they list the oxime silicone for this VW.
Now, whatever VW put on there clearly didn't last more than 50K km. Not sure I should do more of the same.
Not sure I should be using anything with acetic acid against aluminium either.
Is it best I rather order a oxime silicone or just gun it with this acetic cure one?
Would the acetic or oxime type provide a more durable seal between the plastic and aluminium substrates?
PS: The most annoying thing about this is that I did this research just a few weeks back and settled on oxime hence ordering the grey, but clearly old age is creeping in here and for the life of me I just can't recall how I ended up there. It's so bad browser history has forgotten it.