[Healeys] water pump - modern reason

[Oudesluys]

That hole would be at the bottom between the seal and bearing , not on 
top between the two bearings.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL


john spaur wrote:
> 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

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