Which Sealant needed?
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Which Sealant needed?
Biggles has a nice new shiny water pump for our little Kubota and is not sure if a sealant is required with the new gasket, your advice will be most welcome.
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Which Sealant needed?
If the old pump had a gasket, then you should apply a new gasket, sealant is not required. Be careful when cleaning the counter surface, do not score it.
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Which Sealant needed?
Not having any experience of the Kubota engine, there are some engines that do not have gaskets everywhere. From what I see of these engines, the water pump has a large and intricate casting and requires a new gasket. care should be taken to tighten the bolts evenly to avoid distorting the casting.
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Which Sealant needed?
Always use a fresh gasket. Since living in France I have made much use of home made gaskets made from either proper gasket material available online, or the old standby cornflake box with a thin coating of Blue Hylomar gasket goo both sides.
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