Thread: Water leak on new motor
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Old 05-18-2008, 08:04 PM
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do not loosen and retighten any bolts, it will make it worse. There are 4 "blind" bolts which can only be accessed once the water pump is removed. If you tighten the accessible bolts they will futher crush the gasket but you will not be able to tighten the hidden bolts and leak will get worse.

I would put the bars leak in. OEM's GM and Ford do it as standard procedure on new cars.
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