Thread: Gaskets vs Sealants

Personally I always use a sealant as well as the gasket. I use 515 Loctite myself, I have few problems that way.

both depending on what your doing...

mmm, I think I might unbolt the timing cover & waterpump and put sealant in. I have a tube of Loctite 5920 which should do the trick. I think I was concerned because of the time it would take to figure out which bolt is which for the water pump and timing cover, that the sealant would set before everything is torqued down properly+ the amount of brackets etc to work out.

Also what I've noticed is that the older v belt motor had a stud in the block for one of the timing bolts, wheras the serp motor doesn't. I searched for a good while trying to find the illusive bolt. Then I like at the old motor. grrrrrr, going to have to go to boltmasters and get a bolt to suit thread etc.

I've got another small drama. There is a bracket that bolts to the alternator and power steering pump I think and it uses one of the head bolts as an anchor point. The problem is that I don't want to disturb the stretch head bolt. Would I get away with angle grinding that bit of the bracket?

Originally Posted by milld

I've got another small drama. There is a bracket that bolts to the alternator and power steering pump I think and it uses one of the head bolts as an anchor point. The problem is that I don't want to disturb the stretch head bolt. Would I get away with angle grinding that bit of the bracket?

I would cut off the tag, and weld on another one to connect to an exhaust manifold bolt.