just put in a new water pump(pictured) I have a Q
How long should I wait for the glue to dry
I understand it's common sense to wait for it to dry, but that doesn't mean it's going to fail if I don't wait?
i'm just impatient and ready do some skating in my driveway :P
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Overnight would be ideal, but if you left it 2 hours it should be sweet. Most people wouldn't even wait that long. Sure looks like you put plenty on there !!
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id say wait the outside is dry aka the bits where it over flowed. but generally if your using gasket goo you shouldnt tighten it up til its fully dry. so imo do it up til its finger tight and then once its cured then tighten it the rest of the way. other wise if you tighten it while its all wet it will just squeeze out and may also get inside to. thats just my oppinion. so dont quote me on it lol
true, maybe i shouldn't have put the gasket on with that amount of gluebut serial i only plan on doing the job once, not a 2nd time so i made sure there's plenty
backyard argument starter
how tight have you done it up b4 its dry cos dat shit can clog ya radiator up something awful
my radiator is stuffed anyway lol
i will run it tomorrow morning for the first time , will do the waiting game to make sure its sealed :P, i did it up firm, i thought there is a chance there is glue will go inside, but i tried to minimize it, i mainly put extra around the sides, i didn't want to play with it too much because it was a hot day and for sure it would have dried before i got it on the car
i was going to let my mechanic do it, but they would have done the same job, except they wouldn't have waited 24hrs before its dry(i guess they have other customers to attend to)
see how it goes tomorrow
Cars cost too much.
It should be right.
I changed mine, filled it straight after and hasnt leaked yet.
the gasket itself should do all the sealing, the goo is just a backup in case the surfaces aren't perfectly flat (pitted, corroded etc) rarely have i waited before filling and starting and have never had a problem. i've even made thermostat housing gaskets out of wetbix packets and they never leaked
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/\/\/\ ThisOriginally Posted by Jxw
I dont use gasket goo or silicone on water pump doesnt need it i only use if anything a thin (and i mean thin) smear of Aviation sealant (aka loctite no.3) i also use that on the bolts that go through to water. Put everything fill it up and away i go.
good old no.3 brown sticky non hardening sealant, same stuff i use pub, but as i said only if the surfaces don't look 100%, nothing worse than trying to pry off a water pump that someone has drowned in silicon....
haha, it took me 20 minutes of using a scraper , and 5 minutes of using a wool drill piece to shave the rest off and make it flat, at least the next owner will spend a whole week on it after i finished with it
If your using a gasket as well the gasket goo is only for any pitting etc. you should use a tiny amount and you can tighten it straight away. If you used the acid cure stuff (smells like vinegar) it cures on contact.
i just used some cheap bursons black glue, can't think of the name, comes in a small white bottle, i have some of the clear glue that smells like vinegar( i love the smell of it - sniff sniff)
car trolled me, got warm and cracked the water pump - i didn't even tighten the thing, soon as car was half temp, im like ahh.. hello timmy, i see what you did there...a crack!
- never buy cheap, you get what you pay for
put the old water pump back on with new gasket x_x
backyard argument starter
what was wrong with the old water pump to start with?
old pump was leaking from the gasket,
guess what.. i put it in again, and it must of been leaking from the pully too! fkn thing i've never hit a car so hard, i was this || close to smashing the whole car up with the hammer
im over it, gonna go back to the shop where i got it from and give them a serving, so furious right now
What do you mean you didnt even tighten it?
Why would you start a car and run it without tightening the water pump?
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i'm lost at this point. cracked what?
no I tightened it firmly, I could have nipped it up a little more, it wasn't leaking for 10 minutes, than when it got at operating temp it cracked, theres a hair line crack inside the casing beside the pulley..
either they've got it back from another customer and sold the thing as a brand new after they thought they fixed it, or, it's because it is a cheap overseas crap...
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id say becaus eit was cheapall you can do is go back and get another
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