Block Coolant Drain Seal Ring Location

[mdlane72]

Hello All,
I did the swap on the "y" pipe on the back of my 98 and used all the exact parts sans the waterpump & radiator as the initial thread. Everything worked just great BUT BUT BUT--- for some reason this part: Block Coolant Drain Seal Ring, 07119963200 wasn't put on. Now I am seeing water in the oil but no real reason for it being there all of a sudden. I am not sure where in the world this little what appears to be aluminum ring gasket even goes.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,
Matt

[familytruckster]

I looked that part up, it's on a bolt on the passenger side of the block. Unless it was removed, no reason to replace the gasket.

Did the y break Prior to you replacing it, or you just doing it as preventative maintenance? I would say the HG is blown.