Hmmm. RTV... Funny. I haven't learned all the distinctions yet; I just grab whatever I bought last time to lay under a lav faucet. It will probably breathe on my oxygen sensor and plug the catalyst :-)

The "thumbs down" phenomenon is cute too. On my browser, it displays as a thumbs-up when someone has given one. Sometimes, a post really deserves to go away, and the TD just attracts our attention. I don't use them, and in fact sometimes use the TU just to cancel a TD.

The yellowing is something I've seen before on others' cars, but those of mine have only been dingy or leaky. I fixed up some leaky ones with very pleasing results, plugging the 1/8" drain holes that had been drilled and allowing the labyrinth vent in the housing to take over, but still had to return and re-do the RTV job on one of them, six months later. It looked like I had just not filled the groove 100%.

A piece of cardboard will help a new SS bolt stay put. Or better, one can swap left and right sides which moves several of the bolts to fresh holes. I know firsthand the disappointment of rubbing off the delicate reflective layer, so protected them with a bit of plastic wrap.









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Art Benstein near Baltimore

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