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- From: eap@leland.Stanford.EDU (Eric Perozziello)
- Subject: Re: How to use blue silicone RTV
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.010208.22898@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- References: <1992Jul27.181337.21819@Arco.COM>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 01:02:08 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul27.181337.21819@Arco.COM> ericc@Arco.COM (Chang Eric(214)754-3562) writes:
- >I have a water pump in my car which just started leaking. I fugured that the
- >gasket was worn out, and, upon opening it up, discovered that it was. It had
- >completely hardned and was brittle enough so it did not seal. I was advised
- >to build a new gasket out of blue RTV. The instructions on the blister pack
- >were clear and explicit. I laid down a 1/8" bead and screwed the bolts back in
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- One thing I've seen go wrong: Some designs have "wet" bolts, meaning that
- the bolts stick out into the water jacket. This means that coolant can
- leak out the bolt threads. In this instance, some sealer should be
- applied to the threads before installing. YES, it seems that bolt
- threads shouldn't leak, but they do. (that's why we use teflon (R) tape
- on threaded fittings).
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