Hey Kurt,

As long as you've removed the rubber hoses I guess heat could be a good thing here. You are meant to use RTV here - but it sounds like it is a bit more extreme...

You can also remove the whole assembly that holds the water pump to the block. That might help.

Avoid using screw drivers etc to pry things apart.

Thinner might help too.

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