Sealing cylinder liners

[simonbirt]

I am building Seal 4 cylinder engine. I now need to install the cast iron cylinder liners into the aluminium block, they are a light press fit. Edgar Westbury suggests in the construction notes to use varnish to help them slide in and make a better seal between the water jacket and liner. This was 70 years ago and I think there may be a better way. I installed the valve cages using Wellseal, which is non setting, this means that it remains sticky and collects chips and dust like a magnet.

What to others use in this sort of situation?

Simon

 

[Charles Lamont]

A high temperature Loctite. I have used 648 for wet liners and valve cages.