Water Pump Vl

[viking]

im changing the water pump on my VL commodore, i bought the pump which came with a gasket.

my question is do i need to use any sealers or is the gasket enough to keep water leaking out?

[LO_R33]

Just to be sure i would gasket goo it... couldnt hurt could it? better to be safe then sorry:)

Dayne

[viking]

ok sounds fair enough.

cheers

[Craved]

make sure you give it the recommended time to "cure" before you run it

[ylwgtr2]

they dont have a gasket originally....they have three bond sealer on them...thats all i would be using...although the gasket wouldnt hurt

[Patto-]

Be careful putting the timing belt back on. Make sure you put the tensioner back on properly.

It may have been just a bizarre coincidence, but two people I know changed their water pump on rb30s. They were sure they did everything right but a few months later the tensioner for the timing belt popped off. Ended up with bent valves etc.

Just a word of warning.

[turbo87]

VL motors can snap timing belts and not damage valves as they clear. Your mates must have been very unlucky

[Patto-]

I kinda lied.

One was my car, I just didn't wanna seem like a dodgy mechanic.

But I am sure I did everything right. I don't know what went wrong. Happened about 4 months later and bent the valves. Mechanic said he has heard that it is common for them to come off for no reason, but its strange it happened after both had the timing belt removed.

In my mates 31 he didn't bother to fix it, just wrecked it. Thats where I got my series 3 front for my car.

So he might not have bent valves. That was just an assumption.

[Savage Bliss]

Yeah make sure that you get all the seals and gasket done properlly. If there is one certain week point with a VL, is it's cooling. Water pumps common problem. Just make sure that baby's (for lack of a better phrase) water tight.

And yeah be extra vigilant when putting the timing belt back on. (speaking from experience)

Sava.