water pump bolt sealant?

Kneale Brownson knotnook at traverse.com
Fri Jan 17 16:34:17 EST 2003


At 02:27 PM 01/17/2003 -0800, scott thomas wrote:
>So, am I supposed to have used sealant on my water pump bolts because
>they go through the oil pump? If so, what should I use? Just regular
>Loctite blue, or smear some sealer on them? If this is the case,
>hopefully only pulling one bolt at a time will not compromise the o
>ring seal on the water pump.
I used a thread sealant made by Permatex (# 14, I think) that includes some
Teflon in it when I did the 4kq timing belt/etc. last summer.  No oil leaks.




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