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Hi, searched on this topic, but did not find too much in the archive. Tomorrow morning I am going to install a new water pump on my 3.4 crate. Turns out the pump I used back 5 years ago was off a X-11 2.8 from ~83. Kind of hard to find but I got a new Delco one today.
Anyway, if there is a way to screw this up and end up with leaks outside (or worse, inside) I will find it. I didn't install the pump originally, but having removed the old one, I see the bolts and a few nuts are of various sizes, some of which have some silicone on the shank/threads, some appear to have had thread locker. I'm going to clean all those up good.
Are there any specific things I should be doing bolting this on? I'm figuring to use a little blue Permatex on the gasket, and blue threadlocker on the bolts. Anything else, like should I be gooping the shanks of the bolts with permatex or stuff like that? I just don't want to get this all back together and have the SOB leak on me.
Does it have to sit a while after installing to let stuff cure, or can I just fill it up w/coolant and start it right away?
Thanks for any comments.
Anyway, if there is a way to screw this up and end up with leaks outside (or worse, inside) I will find it. I didn't install the pump originally, but having removed the old one, I see the bolts and a few nuts are of various sizes, some of which have some silicone on the shank/threads, some appear to have had thread locker. I'm going to clean all those up good.
Are there any specific things I should be doing bolting this on? I'm figuring to use a little blue Permatex on the gasket, and blue threadlocker on the bolts. Anything else, like should I be gooping the shanks of the bolts with permatex or stuff like that? I just don't want to get this all back together and have the SOB leak on me.
Does it have to sit a while after installing to let stuff cure, or can I just fill it up w/coolant and start it right away?
Thanks for any comments.
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