YotaWoRx

Hmmm then explain the many 3.0s I've done head jobs on with zero issues....

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Nice work! Good to hear.

If there's enough air in the system, it will practically gush water. Expect lots of coolant on the ground, and hitting the fan and getting sprayed everywhere. If you start with a cold engine and the cap off, and start getting bubbles to the point where coolant is flowing out the top, then you're doing it right!

It'll eventually calm down and stop spewing once the air is out.

catfish21

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Hey nice work!

And when you first said FIPG on all the pumps and timing cover, I thought you mean only FIPG. I didn't realize you were saying that you put some FIPG on each side of the paper gaskets.

catfish21

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Yeah I would put it on one side of the gasket then put the gasket on and the I would put more on the part I was installing and yeah I did put it on every gasket that I put on except the head and its been almost three days and I don't have one single sign of a leak yet. I just went with what I thought was best and I think I did pretty good I'm happy with it

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Great. I used just paper. Same thing. No leaks after 3 months! But I think that if there are any irregularities to the surfaces or anything like that, it might leak with just paper, but the FIPG will fill in those gaps.

I do remember someone at Marlin Crawler (maybe Big Mike) saying that you should never use rtv and paper gaskets. Use one or the other. Can't remember why...one of the two of them didn't allow the other to do what it was supposed to.

But results are what counts. So I'd say you did fine!

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So here's what I was talking about. But maybe Toyota FIPG is not a silocone based sealant? Not sure. Either way. If it's not leaking, you did ok.

From Marlin:
DO NOT USE RTV SILICONE with the paper gaskets. This will result in a leaking
transfer case due to a restricted gasket expansion. Paper gaskets must be allowed to absorb oil and expand-to-seal. It is
perfectly acceptable to reuse factory oil-soaked gaskets as long as they did not tear during disassembly. If desired, sealant
may be used in conjunction with paper gaskets so long as a proper gasket-style-sealant is used, such as Porter
Manufacturing’s Gasgacinch (P/N 440) or Loctite’s HI-TACK (P/N 30524) gasket sealants

catfish21

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Well I hope it holds up will find out I guess but so far so good but will see in a year how it holds up I'll post back if it does and let everyone know