grove cutting tool

[Floradawg]

if cutting grooves in precison machined mating surface is not your thing ,, Its not mine.. just use permatex aviation form a gasket ,gasket sealer , or what ever its called these days, the dark brown black thick gooey stuff.to both sides of your gasket, nothing i have leaks oil !!!!!! and no i am NOT a fan of silicon sealer for engines and such , its made for weather stripping, and caulking use..

I used Permatex on the VW engine I rebuilt. That was the way it was usually done. Kind of gluing the crankcase halves together.