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| | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 578 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 578 | Had a cooling system all apart, now put back together and I have coolant leaking up through the boltholes. I'm wondering if the gasket maybe got ripped near a bolt.
Could I just pull the bolt and coat it in Permatex and put it back in?
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,714 back yard wrench turner | | back yard wrench turner Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,714 | That might work. A T-stat gasket is real cheap and a correct fix.
Wayne1938 1-Ton Farm TruckStovebolt Gallery Forums1989 Silverado 1996 Mustang GT convertible When I die, I hope she doesn't sell everything for what I told her I paid for it! | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | If the bolts go into where water flows always put some sealer on them. Its just good insurance. If the "mating surface" is rough or pitted I'd rub a little sealer on it to even with a new gasket. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Agree with that, replacing any of those gaskets is an easy inexpensive task Jim. I'd just take a fifteen minutes, pull it apart, clean it up real good and put in a new gasket using some Permatex #2. The only way you could have water leaking up thru the bolt is if the gasket is damaged as you already suspect.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
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Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | The only way you could have water leaking up thru the bolt is if the gasket is damaged as you already suspect.
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Sandwich, IL Yeppers.
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