Canary94GT

I have a new water pump and water pump gasket installed as well as a new thermostat and thermostat housing gasket.

Filled it up with water to check for any leaks. First there was leaking from one of my heater hose fittings, which I fixed by tightening it down more. Second, there was a leak from the bottom of the thermostat housing; I fixed this by replacing the gasket and it appears to no longer leak.

Now I see a very, very slow accumulation of water on a hump on top of the timing chain cover, right below the water pump.

I don't know if this is a stupid question, but what can I do about this short of just removing the water pump and getting it a new gasket?


I also spilled a little water from the thermostat housing when I replaced its gasket, any chance in 100 degree weather that this could be leftover water 8 hours later?

Gun Jam

there isn't jack you can do...other than retorque the timing chain cover bolts and hope that helps....blot the water up and see if it reappears.

-Gun

Canary94GT

Well I haven't touched the timing chain cover, there's just water accumulating on top of it, probably draining down from the water pump.

I torqued the water pump just a little more, hopefully that will stop it

Gun Jam

It could be leaking from the timing chain cover to block gasket......or the water pump to chain cover gasket.

Hopefully it stops

-Gun

longlive289s

ya when my pump went i redid it.....then re-redid it...then re-re-redid it. u nver get it right the first time. dont worry.....that was my story.


just double the rtv that you were gonna use :-)

jcthorne

When you remove the water pump on a small block ford, enough of the timing chain cover bolts are removed that it relaxes tension on the timing chain to block gasket. If the gasket is old enough to have hardened, it will leak many times after reinstall of the water pump.

Also, I always use just a bit of rtv wiped on the surface of the water pump to hold the gasket in place and form a good seal.

1slow67

That is what we do.

unit91

What is "rtv"?

pass1over

comes in different colors for different applications

Canary94GT

Yay it looks like the leak (if there was one) has stopped Man that is definitely encouraging.

By the way, I did put a little bit of a Permatex gasket maker on the gasket when I installed it, but after that I went out and bought that blue RTV stuff.