EeEk said:

did you put sealer on the metal gasket?

I always have and never had an issue.

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do you reccomend a particular type in this sort of situation?

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BigRedMachine said:

Evening,

I replaced the p-gasket on my 300tdi Defender a year or so ago (following a nicely written guide on here!), I replaced the water pump and a few other bits at the same time. Noticed today that there's a bit of a coolant trickle down to the block (see photo), which I assume is coming from the p-gasket. I gave the surfaces a good clean before replacing with a new metal gasket and torqued everything as per the manual.

Is there anything obvious I might have done badly (or not done) that would lead to it leaking after a year?

Thanks in advance

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