I'm switching thermostats and gasket on my 89 GL10 and curious if you can just replace as is or if you need Gasket Glue or equivalent. I'm assuming that you do considering the whole heat thing and the "really not wanting it to leak" thing. Any advice? The way it is positioned, it doesn't look like there is any coolant leakage and I just replaced the coolant when the rebuilt engine was popped in. Is there coolant leakage, and will I need that Gasket glue stuff?

 

thx,

 

Simon

if you prep the surfaces correctly then you shouldn't need any gasket glue/RVT stuff.

as craig said make sure you clean the mateing surfaces good and make sure the t-stat doesnot fall out of its notch when u are puting the housing on, if it does and you touque it down you will snap one of the bolt "lugs" off the housing. p.s. i know from experience. i actually started the car and it spewed coolent onto the wrindscreen when i reved it. We decided to just tighten it up a bit more and snapped it. We should have taken it off and seen the t-stat wasnot sitting right. Ohwell, I guess hien sight would be bliss.