On Mon, 29 May 2006 18:41 -0400, wtsnyder@bellsouth.net wrote:
> I removed the water pump today and found something I don't understand.
> On the bottom of the casting, behind (posterior to) where the engine
> stabilizer bracket attaches, there is about a 0.5cm hole in the casting
> itself. It is shaped like an elongated crater, narrowest at the bottom,
> wider at the rim. I cannot see an way that the engine control link
> bracket could have worn such a hole. All I can assume is that some
> engine grime survived my cleaning and painting job, and that sufficient
> hot water pressure blew out a clot of solidified grease or a chunk of
> metal resulting in the large leak.
That hole is supposed to be there. It's purpose is to allow coolant that
gets past the seal to drip out the bottom of the pump rather than get into
the bearings.
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Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC
Cub Hill, Maryland, US TC6710 XPAG7430
fold@bcpl.net NEMGTR #2271
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