Which loctite

[Suzuki_Don]

Just read your post again and spotted it was the purple loctite. Where've you been hiding that - I haven't seen anyone use it for donkey's years?

As you guessed it sits lower in the torque setting than blue and was used for things like throttle adjusters etc, where you would maybe 'break' the lock using a screwdriver or small spanner. From memory - and we're going way back now - I seem to remember it broke down in hot (= warm?) oil - much quicker than the blue. Definitely not one to use inside an engine.

Ok thanks. I think I will go with the 243. Cheers.

[rcp]

Does anyone know what color and strength the 243 Loctite is? Is it high temp.?
Thanks.

243 is blue, medium strength, with better oil resistance than 242. It is not as high temp as red, but is fine in the crankcase.

- Richard

[Suzuki_Don]

243 is blue, medium strength, with better oil resistance than 242. It is not as high temp as red, but is fine in the crankcase.

- Richard

Thanks Richard

[Matchless]

Here the specs for 243

http://www.loctite.sg/sea/content_data/93815_243EN.pdf

[Nessism]

Here the specs for 243
http://www.loctite.sg/sea/content_data/93815_243EN.pdf

If you look at the temperature chart, the strength of 243 goes down significantly when exposed to typical temps that are common inside an engine - 100 - 150 C. My preference is to use Threebond 1360F since it's for high temp applications.