Hi Bill,
I am pleased that my faint memory of the break-in procedure was
helpful. My suggestion at this time would be to telephone Phil Marino,
describe what has happened, and to ask his opinion. While it would seem
that a bit more running dry would continue the improvement, I just don't
know for sure. Phil is a long-time MG owner; I'm certain he will give
good advice.
Bob
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:18:36 -0400 "Bill Snyder" <wtsnyder@bellsouth.net>
writes:
> 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:
> > Okay list, I took the advice of several of you and chose to ignore
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