unclewal Legacy Donating Member 583 Member For: 16y 12d Posted 05/08/13 02:18 AM Posted 05/08/13 02:18 AM I recently noticed a leak from my thermostat housing, so I took the housing off check the gasket and there were no marks and it had only been replaced by me about 12 months ago. I check and made sure the top thermostat housing was bolted down firmly and correctly. The b@stard still leaks ! I am headed to ford to grab another gasket shortly, but most annoying thing is this has done it before, could the housing be farked or is it most likely just another rubber gasket. Would it be wrong of me to use some gasket goo or silicone to seal the top of the housing using a thin bead around the two joining parts? See attached pics of leak Uploaded with ImageShack.us
CHLAXN Legacy Donating Member 932 Member For: 18y 4m 10d Gender: Male Location: north QLD Posted 05/08/13 02:25 AM Posted 05/08/13 02:25 AM I got silicone on mine mate to get a good seal had no probs with it.
unclewal Legacy Donating Member 583 Member For: 16y 12d Posted 05/08/13 02:26 AM Author Posted 05/08/13 02:26 AM Awesome thanks, need to sort this out, its annoy the hell out of me! Will grab a tube of silicone and sort this out finally ! 1
nelsonian101 Legacy Donating Member 961 Member For: 18y 3m 7d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 05/08/13 08:01 AM Posted 05/08/13 08:01 AM Mine does the same thing after numerous gasket changes too.Might try silicone too.
wa g6et Member 657 Member For: 15y 3m 29d Gender: Male Location: Perth NOR Posted 05/08/13 09:05 AM Posted 05/08/13 09:05 AM Mine was same, had the O ring replaced. No more leaks since, however my mechanic says you need to make sure the gasket recess is clean from old gasket material and it needs to be tightened with a torque wrench otherwise they will leak again. Not sure what torque setting he used though.
unclewal Legacy Donating Member 583 Member For: 16y 12d Posted 05/08/13 12:19 PM Author Posted 05/08/13 12:19 PM Ok cool, I will borrow a torque wrench and see about getting the torque setting from Ford. I put some silicone on it tonight and cleaned the coolant stains off, so will take for a drive tomorrow after work and see how it holds up. I cleaned the recess out many times with a brush before fitting the new gasket but might have done a sh*t job. Will post tomorrow and see how it goes.
jules_1972 Member 39 Member For: 16y 9m 27d Gender: Male Posted 05/08/13 01:06 PM Posted 05/08/13 01:06 PM Draw file the housings, use a new rubber seal, cut a paper gasket as well.Use the gasket goo, should fix it.
F1PERFORMANCE Legacy Donating Member 104 Member For: 17y 6m 19d Gender: Male Location: VIC Posted 06/08/13 08:50 AM Posted 06/08/13 08:50 AM (edited) Get some 400 wet and dry sandpaper and some crc and work the sealing face on a flat surface to get rid of any high spots - clean with break clean if you are going to use silicone afterwards. Edited 06/08/13 08:52 AM by F1PERFORMANCE
unclewal Legacy Donating Member 583 Member For: 16y 12d Posted 11/08/13 07:32 AM Author Posted 11/08/13 07:32 AM The black gaskjet stuff from auto one and tightened bolts did the trick, not leaking at all now, very happy.
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