When it comes time to re-install the water pump, should I use RTV or anything?

I'm inclined to just use a light coating of wheel bearing grease on each side of the gasket. I'll have to look more closely at the block but I don't think the pump had any sealer on it before. The axle grease seemed to work just fine on the T-Stat housing with my ad-hoc repair a couple weeks ago. It even withstood the 55psi water pressure during my head gasket test.

Do I need to use sealer on the threads of the 4 bolts?


1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)

1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)