The sealant we used in the V6 plant for the cam covers was Loctite 5900 - you can buy it from toolsup.co - expensive but its a standard size mastic tube so lasts a lifetime - or you can sell it on - the same stuff was used on the sump its £27 inc postage - but this is the best sealant I have ever used and after using various types this is what the plant went to in the end.


wigan pier wrote on 23. Aug 2006 at 05:44:

I used the Green Stuff and now am needing to do the Rocker Cover Gasket again great fun.

Shall definately be getting the black stuff as the green stuff I think has gone hard as the lower half at the front looks to be coated in oil,  possibly has travelled down behind the rear cambelt cover.

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 23. Aug 2006 at 08:34:


I seem to have it down as P/N 93165267, but it is very porbably the same thing, Vx do tend to have several P/Ns for one product.

Markjay wrote on 23. Aug 2006 at 23:51:


Well the one they gave me was 1#90485251...hope thats the correct one...

Well if that's the P/N Mark DTM gave you, then this is the right product... 

Ignore my posts....

I dont think 93165267 is the same thing....looks like its the grey sealent for the oil cooler plate.

I can't think of any other joints where the Green goo is used (its also used on the 8 valve power plants on the cam box to head joint) but, I am sure there are some around the bottom end

It should smell very solventy.......unlike the hylomar which I bought from Halfords which had already gone off!