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Water manifold leak can't find gaskets

flvet352

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While I have been busy repairing other areas of my truck, I now notice that I have a coolant leak from the very rear of the upper end on the passenger side. At first I was terrified that I had a bad head gasket, but I later discovered that it was leaking from the rear most inlet of the back water manifold. I immediately went online and attempted to locate and price a gasket set. Unfortunately, I cannot locate any. Would it be acceptable to use a gasket compound like RTV in place of the actual gaskets?
 

simp5782

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While I have been busy repairing other areas of my truck, I now notice that I have a coolant leak from the very rear of the upper end on the passenger side. At first I was terrified that I had a bad head gasket, but I later discovered that it was leaking from the rear most inlet of the back water manifold. I immediately went online and attempted to locate and price a gasket set. Unfortunately, I cannot locate any. Would it be acceptable to use a gasket compound like RTV in place of the actual gaskets?
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V8srfun

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If you have the patience you can save lots of money by buying gasket paper and cutting your own out. I have been doing this for some of the projects I have been working on and I am very satisfied with the results. With a lot practice you can make gaskets that look as nice as purchased ones and in some cases nicer. I love when making my own gasket that there is no excess material hanging out at the edges so it looks much cleaner.
 

rmesgt

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I use CorelDRAW and my laser to make my gaskets. Often times I will scan the portion of the part that requires the gasket, convert it to a vector graphic and send it to my laser to cut the gasket. Most trophy shops have this ability even if they don't know it. Additionally, I get gasket material from Napa and O'Reilly Auto.
 

WillWagner

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I have chunks of stick hose. Let me know and i'll lop off a section and send it to ya.
 

Dipstick

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Funny, I replaced my cooling manifold gaskets and hoses just last fall. I've made many a centrifugal split case pump gasket myself using a ball peen, but a set of punches is invaluable. I also bought a gasket cutter & board set for making round transfer case gaskets. These are tools you may not use often, but they pay for themselves the first time you need them and I can pass them on to my son one day. Has anyone heard of a spray product that I think used to be called something like "gasket chisel"? I haven't seen it in decades, but that stuff used to dissolve old frozen gaskets stuck to metal like they were warm snot. Sure beats scrapping them off.
 
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