New water pump leaky :( copper spray ok?

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Wow thanks for all the replies and advice guys! I did get all of the old gasket off, there was only one small piece about 1" long that got left on the motor when I pulled the old pump out and it came off all in one piece. I did not use a torque wrench, just snugged them all down nice and snug and then gave a little extra twist. After I figured out where it was leaking from, I gave an extra little twist to the two outside most bolts...they were near where it is leaking from and the only two bolts I could even get to w/ the lower timing cover still on.

I think I'm just going to take it apart and put in a new gasket. It sucks complete balls, but I dunno what else to do. I must have tweaked the gasket in there, or scraped it a bit as I was sticking the pump/gasket back in the car....it's a really tight fit in there as you all know! I had to twist the pump around here and there to get it in, so I'm thinking I must have just tweaked or scraped the gasket getting it in there, and then possibly tweaked it as it got tightened down.