Hi, Bob. Believe it or not, you are one of only 2 to respond to my
query. Thanks. Actually, I had not done the breakin by running the new
pump while dry first. I had thought that it was not necessary with the
new style seals that Phil Marino put in his rebuilds. Having nothing to
lose before sending the pump back to Phil again due to escessive
leakage, I ran the engine for about 2 minutes with the pump dry before
filling the radiator. The leak ALMOST dissappeared. A drip would come
from the weep hole about every 30 seconds. After running the engine for
about 15 minutes (and getting exhaust fumes into the house and upsetting
my wife), I turned off the engine and watched. It took about 5 minutes
before a drip made it all the way down the side of the engine and
dripped off the oil sump. I did not have a chance this am before leaving
for work to see how much leaked out overnight.
Do you think I should try the break-in procedure one more time.....or
should I just go ahead and remove the pump and send it back? Since today
is my 21st wedding anniversary, probably neither will happen today!
Thanks.
Bill Snyder
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Howard [mailto:mgbob@juno.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 2:35 PM
To: wtsnyder@bellsouth.net
Subject: Re: Water pump problems
Bill,
Several days after you asked, you have probably already received help
you needed, but here's my 2cents....
It's my understanding that a new waterpump should be run for 30
seconds or so dry, and only after it has spun for that length of time is
the cooling system filled. Supposed to have somethign to do with
seating
of the seals to the shaft. It's been so long since I installed my
Phil Marino rebuilt pump that I don't remember if this technique was
called for then or not. But, since yours leaks anyway, you might try
draining off a couple of quarts of liquid and running the engine for a
minute (say twice as long because of the water & AF in place ). You
can run an engine safely w/o coolant for a long time---1/4 mile
dragsters don't use any coolant at all ! Bob
On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 16:10:47 -0400 <wtsnyder@bellsouth.net> writes:
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