ok I did all that im just asking if I should let it slightly warm up before running cooling water through it to warm the sealant. I already had it running with the old head gasket to see if it had spark and the timing was on. fired right up and ran it a few times for 2-3 min. when I was done testing it had a bit of milky water in the recirc drain. now its has the fresh gasket on it just wondered about the proper way to seal? wet on start up or dry until it warms up a min or so. I spiked it up with an extra oz of oil in the gallon for the fire up. also a fresh water motor. im in Illinois and this motor hasn't nor will see salt. I have broken this engine down replaced. the carb gaskets, reed gaskets, reed plate gaskets, exhaust chest gaskets, checked the bypass valve and cleaned, replaced the water inlet seal at the engine block plate ,and cleaned the recirc system. all bolts came out with no issue. just wondered if warming up without water seals it better than water immed on startup?