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Rough week
This week sucks. I got my new waterpump in on monday and started thrashing monday night. Yesterday I completed my work and all seemed fine. No leaks and the car started right up. Then the battery crapped out on me. Now today the water pump is leaking again. I might be an idiot, but I used gasket maker on the water pump instead of the gasket it came with. Should I have skipped th ggasket maker or used both?
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Why wouldn't you use that gasket that came with it? I would imagine its there for a reason.
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oh man... you need the o-ring...
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on my 124's the water pump has an o-ring rather than a gasket
if you have a gasket rather than an o-ring... take the water pump off and use it.. really don't mean to lecture....
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1989 300ce 129k ( facelifted front,updated tail lights, lowered suspension,bilstein sports, lorinser front spoiler, MOMO steering wheel, remus exhaust,stainless steel brake lines). (Gone) 1997 s320 154k (what a ride). Sold with 179k miles. Replaced with Hyundai Equus 1994 e320 Cabriolet 108k 1972 280se 4.5 153k Owned for 12 yrs, sorry I sold it [/SIGPIC] |
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Yes I have the gasket. I am an idiot for not using it in the first place. My buddy was helping me and insisted on it as the car already had that instead of a gasket.
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well, if listed some of my mistakes, we could be here for a couple of hours... it always seems like we make mistakes on the obvious things we should have taken care of..
good luck
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1989 300ce 129k ( facelifted front,updated tail lights, lowered suspension,bilstein sports, lorinser front spoiler, MOMO steering wheel, remus exhaust,stainless steel brake lines). (Gone) 1997 s320 154k (what a ride). Sold with 179k miles. Replaced with Hyundai Equus 1994 e320 Cabriolet 108k 1972 280se 4.5 153k Owned for 12 yrs, sorry I sold it [/SIGPIC] |
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So experts,
should I use just the gasket, or use the gasket and gasket maker to seal the deal? This job is too time consuming a laborus to do three times.
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I always use the gasket and a thin application of sealer on BOTH sides of the gasket and always make sure that BOTH surfaces are clean. I HATE doing a job twice. But I have on many occaisions which all lead to experience NOT to do THAT again.
I hope you didn't reuse the old gasket? that is a no-no too.
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There was no gasket left to re-use.
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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino 1989 560SEC 2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual 1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual |
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