I was torqueing down my bolts on my water pump today after replacing the gaskets, and i broke a bolt.....thankfully i was able to get the "rest" of the bolt out.

I have the Chilton book, and it says 30 ft lbs, does that sound right?

Since i had to pull the water pump back out, i discarded the new gaskets because i wasn't able to finish the job tonight, the shop closed... now, no one has the gaskets in stock, do you recommend using gasket maker??? I have the High Temp stuff.

Thanks

 

id wait to get another gasket... if the gasket maker kit leaked ud end up having to replace the opti which is no fun.

 

huh?

 

30 lb ft is correct for the water pump bolts.