Thread: P gasket consensus 300tdi

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

why would you put OAT in a tdi?

you havent been charging customers to do the P gasket in the td5 again have you JC, thats almost as bad as the ford dealership trying to charge me to change the spark plugs in a defender.

Naa, he's **** stirring me a I used to use OAT.

My last of the Tdi's came with it (and the Cold Climate PAS fluid)


BTW, love the spark plugs in a diesel, wonder thye didn't bill you for a carby clean/overhaul and a set of points and a condenser

Originally Posted by Kappa130

My old disco leaked like sieve from that spot , I replaced gaskets and tried all different sealants (it ended up being a quick job after i did it that many times) without any luck .
The final straw saw me remove the big alloy housing and lay it on a flat piece of glass with bearing blue on it . The thing was warped to all buggery . spent a hour or so with a file then rub stone , got it all tru and put in a new gasket without anything on it and it was still leak free after another 100K km's.
Hope this helps

And that's exactly what I'll end up doing, the metal gasket should seal without a sealant........