[Healeys] Water pump leak

[Kees Oudesluijs]

Did you ever grease the pump after it was fitted? Should be done 
periodically. At least every year

Did you ever change the coolant? At least every two to three years. 
Sounds a bit like stale coolant to me.

Kees Oudesluijs




Op 31-7-2019 om 23:03 schreef Michael Oritt:
> I almost hesitate to post about another problem but here goes:
>
> Yesterday while almost done with a long ride to make sure that the 
> brakes were okay (they were) I got a spatter of oily drops on the 
> windshield and when I popped the bonnet i found a pretty liberal spray 
> of oil across its underside, just above the fan.  This morning after 
> cleaning everything off I put the car up on jack stands and ran the 
> engine at about 2K to see if I could find the source.
>
> There is a slow but steady leak--perhaps a drop every three or four 
> seconds--coming off of the back face of the water pump pulley, which 
> leaks onto the fan belt and gets tossed across the engine 
> compartment.  The strange thing is that it does not seem like engine 
> oil as it is brown in color and has a definite bittersweet 
> taste--nothing at all like the color or taste of the engine oil.  It 
> is sticky and looks almost like Permatex Indian Head Gasket Shellac.
>
> There is a grease nipple on the water pump and though I know I lubed 
> it when I last changed the water pump that was some time ago.  I am 
> not certain about the color of the grease but am thinking it was 
> either red or blue.
>
> There is no oil in the water nor any water in the oil.
> The leak is not coming out of the weep hole in the water pump.
> The leak does not seem like oil that is emulsified--it really seems 
> like shellac but that makes no sense to me.
>
> Any thoughts will be appreciated.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt (BN1)
>
>
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