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4th water pump in 3 yrs, seals keep leaking 200

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posted by  dnvolvo on  Sun Jan 23 12:47 CST 2005
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I also believe it's essential to insure that the underside of the cylinder head is clean. I recently installed my first pump and found that there was quite a bit of oxidation/etc that needed to be cleaned-up. A mirror and bright light help to see-up while it's being cleaned. Also, after speaking with several mechanics, I decided to use a little petroleum jelly on the o ring to keep it from binding during installation. Evidentily, a lot of folks install these o rings dry without any problem -- yet it seems that the jelly may be helpful. And some mechanics actually use water pump permatex (grey sealer) instead of the jelly.

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