THE RIGHT WAY TO APPLY SILICONE SEALANT #shorts

Instead of gasket sealer use a clean grease on both sides of the gasket. Much easier to clean. Live life simple.

What is the logic of putting it on one side? You’re worried it leaking on the pump face but have every confidence the engine won’t leak? See how stupid that is?
Either do both or none. Mostly put them on dry and never been an issue. (Except when the face was a bit chewed out and rough)

Worked at a radiator and air conditioning shop for a few years, don't use silicon on cooling systems.
Cleaning out radiators I would find silicone worms blocking the tubes.

Use aviation form-a-gasket.

Sooo many stupid.
1: water pump surface is new. Old pitted, possibly whizzy wheeled surface is the side needing sealing.
2: don't use a cheep new Chinese pump that will fail in 10,000 miles.
3: those strange Chinese paper fiber gaskets are absolutely Guaranteed to fail.
4: Aisin Water Pump - WPT-017 is the factory Toyota 1979-84 that you should use. The gasket is amazing ... Dry

yea why my new water pump with less than 200miles on it started leaking i took it off it was just on the gasket and they tqed it to hard on some bolts and pressed parts of the gasket and caused a leak if y use sealer on both sides it wont do that....

In my opinion putting gasket maker on a gasket is the same as double gasketing and using gasket maker on places that are transition like timing case to head so the valve cover seals property then that makes sense but I find that double gasketing when doing a gasket maker on gasket is a no no

I don't use it unless I'm working on something I can't see if the gasket is correctly on.

This sounds okay for a beginner

That's what idid on my cars

Awesome

A good old 22r, nice. I had one in my 78 celica back in the day. That engine could barely rev over 5k, but man did it have low end grunt.

I'll use some high tack just to hold the gasket in place

That makes so much sense and might help someday

I’ve never put it on both. I’ve always thought it was Pretty excessive and unnecessary. You don’t want the shit oozing out all over the place.

22r best engine ever made by Japan…paired with 4x4 and a 5speed you got a tank ready for any world war

When you have a gasket sealent is not needed!

Maybe in a perfect world.... Ive never not had a paper gasket that ive had to nor scrape.... Try cork !!! But it always leaks

Just throw your RTV in the trash where it belongs.

I've been using 3M spray adhesive or similar for decades. No wait time for it to set.