Same here (4.6 stang gt)

Hey man I really wanna thank you for making this comment!! I was having a NIGHTMARE of a time with this on my G37, and I bought a can of the Super 77 and it worked on my first attempt 🙏🏼

They have gasket adhesive

Use some silicone rtv

Rtv

Permatex forma-gasket is the best RTV to use. Only apply it to 1 side of gasket though, place gasket on water pump in the orientation it's going to be installed. Be sure it covers the entire perimeter of pump and set aside a moment. If you have a fine wire wheel bit for a drill driver use that to remove any and all remaining gasket/RTV material left behind on the engines mating surface. Don't apply force with drill bit just lightly graze it, you don't want to gouge the surface. Yes! You wanna get ALL foreign material off. I've been doing this since the time I didn't get all the gasket off and the truck returned 2 weeks later with a slight leak and I could hear that distinctive sound the propeller & bearings make letting you know water pump is going bad. But hey you've got one of the very best engines ever built, other than the 350 5.7L Chevy's Corvette C-5 and in 2001 it was placed into the ZO6 Corvette model. Anyway Chevrolet stopped production of the 5.7L 350 cid in 2005. Yeah there's others; Nissan Titan but the rear axle was geared too low causing less torque, Mopar did it to the Hemi but failed to modify the intake (high-rise). I had the 350 5.7L from the Chevy plant in my 1992 Silverado it was an LS6 which in todays world the engine was produced for the Corvette ZO6. Oh and on your pre-installing of water pump keep the gasket on the pump, flatten out the gasket as best you can and take tube of Permatex and like calking, start a bead and go over the entire perimeter even around bolt holes and don't spread it. Be sure it stays in bead form and once you've covered just the 1 side of gasket pick up pump and put a bolt thru a hole in the top of pump and 1 in bottom of pump, to help keep gasket from moving. Then place it on front of engine having a socket on an extension to finger tighten those 2 bolts just to keep it in place. Then you've got the rest, but you'd mentioned using a thread sealer on bolts? Be careful not to use a product that'll have too much resin or hardener as I broke off a bolt due to that. I use Permatex Threadlocker Blue, Medium Strength and it's always perfect, it'll withstand vibrations and temps 300+ degrees. Be sure to tighten to proper torque and don't tighten in a circle or clockwise. Go across from one another, example - looking at a clock face go 10-40, 50-20, 12-6 I think you've got it engine bolts should be tightened in a similar pattern as a tire ya know. So sorry bro for the Novel damn! I'm an instructor at a Technical College and force of habit I guess. I damn well best break it. Hope this was any help at all Brian. Try and hit me back if need be. Take care of that Buick you'll get a million miles out of it. Keep air filter changed and use full Synthetic oil 5W20 and a WIX oil filter the one that's made to filter raw crude oil like synthetic. Have a great night bro and God bless! Peace, Mister Darren Goodwrench 🧰🔧

It would also be nice if they told you which way the spark plug tube seals need to be installed instead of making it so you have to guess about which side of the seal goes up and which side of the seal goes down.

Shiii. I still put rtv down to hold gasket in place and on the block. I don't care what anyone says

​@ARNFjB brother I just used it myself I'm about too stick my valve cover back on and stick some on the block too I ant taking that chance 💯😂🤣👌

China CRAP

hell no. never had good luck with these blue gaskets. switched to mahle/anything but fail-pro instead and very happy now.

Just had a customer with a blue felpro VC gasket completely fail. The gasket has turned to mush. Not good

Chose one that's good for high heat ,oil and gas resistance. Like ultra black.

Hondabond

Just use a little of that 3M glue that is designed for gaskets on the corners, let it dry and then install. Replaced both valve cover gaskets recently on a '10 Hemi and had the same issue you did as it appeared the gasket was simply too large for my particular engine. Gluing the corners first solved the problem.

Jus confirmed w Fel-Pro that the ford 3.5l oil seal, is installed with cup facing upwards and from the top of the valve cover

You are not dumb you are just learning.👍

Shit happens, atleast you fixed it before you possibly had an issue.

It’s not gods fault.

Aye bro we dumb… duck I mean learning with u dawg. I did that same thang☠️

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I believe it will leak sooner. The seal is uneven with a screw missing.

They make a tool to extract broken bolts. Easyout is a common producer. Or you could clean things real well and slather a bunch of rtv in there, 5 inches in both directions, button it up, let it set up for 48 hours, and cross your fingers. I'd go with the first choice.

You're joking, right?

Does it say that in a manual or is that how the ones were when you took it apart? That's very strange

I'm assuming fel pro 😑

Bro... 🤦‍♂️

@@StarsetFlight😂😂😂😂💀

Put little bit of silicone to keep it in p

Well, given god is a man made construct and man and(his/her)ideas evolve that is, change over time you see the current results of 2022 fartpro gaskets! Anymore questions? 🤣

Yes. I had this happen. It didn't sit properly and now I have to redo the whole thing. Am going to purchase another brand of gasket.

Do you think rtv or spray glue would work better?

I'm going through this on a hemi now...how did u get it to stay in the groove

@propcrazy2317 honestly I used a dab of grease on the locking tabs to keep it sticking. You don't ever want to use rtv sealant on these types of gaskets. Be mindful on dropping them in and torque to spec. Mechanics mirror helps to triple check alignment once the cover is on and some of the bolts are finger started.

Ultra black will work: just any that are for high heat, oil, gas, etc

@@tiffanyv4205 thx. Turns out the product has a different product number in Canada, couldn’t figure out what the difference was bc the label was slightly different but apparently it’s the same product