Help! I need a water pump gasket and all the gasket material I find is too thick. I would prefer to NOT use the silicone gasket stuff but I'm afraid I'm going to have to. It's a Obendorfer pump on my generator. The big heavy gasket material seems to be out to far letting the pump not pump enough water, letting to much water by the seal, and leaking at the gasket !

I was wondering if I could carefully cut up some wax paper (that's almost what the water pump gasket material seems to be made out of) but just don't know.

Fair Winds