[Healeys] water pump - modern reason

[john spaur]

I recently replaced a water pump on a 1987 El Camino because the 
water pump was leaking through a similar hole. The mechanic told me 
that when the seal went bad it would leak from a similar hole.

John

At 10:22 PM 7/22/2010 -0400, BJ8 Healeys wrote:
>Greg, my water pump has a similar hole.  It does look like the casting is
>broken out and ragged.  I've seen others like that and I've often wondered
>why it was made that way.  My pump has been pumping for years with that hole
>and nothing has ever come out of it.  No grease is necessary.
>
>Steve Byers
>HBJ8L/36666
>BJ8 Registry
>Havelock, NC  USA