THAT is EXACTLY what it's for, (water to leak out)
and yes..it's part of the casting..
It's called a weep hole. The inner seal has failed.
It 'could' be rebuilt, but it's just as cheap to replace the
pump completely.
Paul Tegler
ptegler@cablespeed.com
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <Mark.Green@communityhospital.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 12:40 PM
Subject: Water Pump Question
> I have a 72 Spit Mark IV that I finally got to drive (bought it in June
> 2004) this past weekend after spending the last 3 months fixing things to
> make it drivable.
> After the third short trip, I notice water leaking out from the front of
> the engine and around the water pump. I put the car back into the garage
> and took the water pump off to see if I could visual see a problem. Well
> when I looked at the pump, I noticed that near one of the 3 bolt holes
that
> connect it to the pump housing there is a "hole" that looks like it was
> part of the casting and through the hole I could see part of the propeller
> shaft.
>
> What is this hole for? This is where the water was leaking out and quite a
> bit of rusty sediment was left behind in the "hole" and around it on the
> casting. What would cause the water to come out of this hole? Is there a
> bad seal around the propeller shaft?
>
> Mark
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