Do we no longer need to use sealants such as OMC Gasket Sealing Compound, Gasket Sealer, or Perfect Seal #4 when reinstalling a Lower Unit and water pump?
What sealants or compounds do I asbsolutely need to complete this job?
Modified by jrokk27 at 12:04 PM 3/20/2012
current boat
08 Champion 188CX
08 Mercury 200L Optimax 1B544722
previous boat
04 Champion 198 Elite
04 Evinrude 225 HO DI E225FHLSRM
If so I never got the memo. Yep you still use them. I use gasket sealer for the process, along with BRP triple guard grease, and white lithium grease for the splines on the drive shaft. The white lithium comes with the water pump kit.
Is the white lithium grease "moly lube"?
current boat
08 Champion 188CX
08 Mercury 200L Optimax 1B544722
previous boat
04 Champion 198 Elite
04 Evinrude 225 HO DI E225FHLSRM
No Moly lube is moly lube, white lithium grease is just that. Two different greases.
My understanding is that the packet of white colored grease that comes in the factory waterpump kits is a white moly-lube for the lubrication and protection of the splined shaft and crankshaft.
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