[Mg-t] Making a gasket

JohnD johnsfolly at gmail.com
Sun May 29 21:39:48 MDT 2011


No. It's definitely the joint between the "gooseneck" and the thermostat
housing. I just took it apart again, cut a new neoprene-cork gasket, put a
bead of RTV on both surfaces, and tried to NOT over tighten it. I'll pour in
some water in the morning and see what happens.
John

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Lew Palmer <lpalmer at roundaboutmanor.com>wrote:

> Or a leaky seal in the water pump itself?
>
> Lew Palmer
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> And are you sure it is the joint that is leaking, and you are not
> having a porousity issue with the housing?
>
> mjb.
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