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RE: Rebuilt Engine Ready to Fire - Help

To: Gordon Glasgow <gsglasgow@comcast.net>,
Subject: RE: Rebuilt Engine Ready to Fire - Help
From: Victor Laury <vlaury@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 10:48:50 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
>I always use a bit of gasket sealer around the water passages between the head 
>and the intake manifold. Yes, that can be a challenging area to get sealed 
>properly. The bad news is, it's better to do it now than later. I know you're 
>anxious to hear it run, but I haven't seen one of these leaks get better over 
>time, only worse.

Take Gordo's sage-like advice. I had this and it drove me crazier than I am 
normally. I put a little donut of Form-a-gasket #2 (non-hardening) around each 
water port AND I tighten the bottom manifofld nuts first, then the tops. No 
more nasty antifreeze leak.


Victor
Downtown Los Angeles
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