Water inlet neck leaking
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Water inlet neck leaking
Hi all, I swapped my t-stat and gasket yesterday, now it's trying to leak again. I swapped another gasket this morning, and it's better, but still making me wonder. I did notice that the cut-out for the t-stat looks like it may have once had a rubber o-ring or something.......could this be part of the problem? Also, trying to remember, the t-stat goes under the gasket right?
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well a gasket would take up any irregularities. mm I thought gasket was below Tstat. you could try one above and below? Or find n O ring for that groove. Don't yah hate little probs like that
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Take your waterneck and a piece of sandpaper and flatten it out. Lay the ~80 grit paper on a FLAT table and carefully sand the water neck til it's level.
I'd use the genuine toyota thermostat and gasket for best results.
I'd use the genuine toyota thermostat and gasket for best results.
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my t-stat came with a large rubber O ring that fits around the out side of the t-stat, then install the it, should not leak and if it does then maybe a cracked housing
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I just fired it up and took it for a drive, outside of the seal looks a little wet, but not dripping on outside of intake manifold, hopefully won't start leaking anytime soon. I've never gotten a t-stat that comes with the rubber O-ring, interesting.
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I can remember the days when I used to make my own t-stat gasket from gasket material.....you can still buy that at the auto parts store
since your in Dahlonega I bet there are a lot of places to wheel?
since your in Dahlonega I bet there are a lot of places to wheel?
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