That's kind of what I'm worried about. I didn't see any water leaking, but the water side had rtv too. In addtion, the surfaces were pretty marred. I'm going to use a tiny bead of rtv and hope for the best.
That's kind of what I'm worried about. I didn't see any water leaking, but the water side had rtv too. In addtion, the surfaces were pretty marred. I'm going to use a tiny bead of rtv and hope for the best.
If you have nicks, take some marking dye or even a marker on one side of the EGR and TB and assemble. See where they do not leave marks on the opposing mating surface. You can also lay a small straight edge on the surfaces. Take a piece of emery or very fine sandpaper and smooth out the edges. The gasket should fix any small imperfections really though.
Thanks Mike. I cleaned and sanded as you suggested to a point where the surfaces were pretty damn smooth. I checked it all out with a straight edge and laid everything out on a flat surface and all seemed to be good. So far no noticeable leaks.