[2laneblacktop]

anyone know about gylptal
i am building a sbc 350 this is my first v8 build
tonight i smoothed out the lifter valley to help out on the oil return back to the pan
a guy i work with was telling me i need to put gylptal in the lifter valley
will this stuff help me out ?
since i have already smoothed the casting
if so how would this stuff help me?
where can i find this stuff?

[redsdad]

Not sure if this is current thinking or not. The use of any paint coating in the lifter valley is to seal the metal so oil will flow back to the pan more easily and to seal any possible trapped sand or other loose particles so that it will not come loose and end up in the oil pump (or worse). It was originally created for electric motor armatures. You can buy it from Eastwood for one.
http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/s...eyword=GLYPTAL

[MI2600]

Painting the lifter valley might make you feel better, but I doubt it would make any difference.

[tm454]

Its an old trick...I heard about it years ago...used on the race car engines...it apparently helped someone...maybe the guy selling the paint...LOL


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