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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 09:30 PM
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So I've got my pwr steering pump off, and while digging into that job found the shaft on my water pump was knocking around a lot too so I'm swapping that too...now which type of sealant do I need to use on the water pump bolts? Just the normal Permatex Blue, or what? I checked their website and can't tell if I just use some of the regular gasket material or threadlocker (the threadlocker says for wp bolts, but I'm not certain it is meant for the bolts that go through into the liquid.

It's been too many years since I've done a WP... Time for another beer
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 09:34 PM
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I use teflon pipe sealant.
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 09:46 PM
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Hmm, I thought that stuff was just for tapered pipe threads. I didn't know that would work.

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Per advice I read somewhere around here I used liquid teflon, Permatex Thread Sealant with Teflon # 80631
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I just used RTV on both sides of the gaskets and on the bolts No leaks.
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