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Re: Sealant for threads

To: Charles Shaw <charlie.shaw@acsalaska.net>
Subject: Re: Sealant for threads
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 10:38:52 -0400 (EDT)
On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Charles Shaw wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a sealant for the bolts that attached the water pump 
> body to the head or is this required at all.

I'm pretty sure that these bolts do intrude into the water jacket, so some
anti-sieze should be used. If they don't intrude - they do get pretty
crusty over time. So I always use some anti-sieze on the threads.
 
> TIA
> Charles Shaw
> 75 TR6
> CF39093UO

rml
CF14111U, sans engine, presently.
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