Technical Water pump

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Technical Water pump

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Back in 2011 when my cam belt was done i think we used an after marker water pump, this had a paper gasket (looking at my photos i might have used blue hylomar with it too) and has been leaking at least since mot in January when it was noticed dripping underneath.

pump was removed today and is in good condition,

so my advice would be if fitting a new pump if it hasn't got oem type metal gasket then go buy and oem gasket.
 
When I did the water pump on my Croma the after market pump came with metal crush gasket as far as I can remember. But not content with this I also applied a small bead of gasket/engine quality silicon sealant.

I got the wife to secure the pump on the dining room table and then rotate the housing whilst I laid the thin bead in place. Can't recall if I did the housing flange, then put the metal gasket in place and then did the gasket surface.

Anyway was a really neat finish and to my knowledge never leaked.
 
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