[DML] Re: Water Pump Weeping

["Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Take a closer look. Is the weeping actually out of the small (1/8")
hole under the pulley, or is it from behind the water pump i.e. on 
top of the block? If it's the pump itself you have **some** leeway, 
but if it's coming from behind it's either a hose or one of the pipes 
back there, which seem to be a much riskier proposition. 

Unfortunatly you won't get much warning, it will just let go kind of 
all at once with much drama and steam. 

You didn't indicate you long you have to drive, 100 miles is a 
different story than 1000. I drove mine with a weepy radiator and 
water pump hoses for many months when I first got the car, but I'm 
not sure I'd have taken it on a long trip that way.

Dave

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "drdhdmd" <doctorDHD@xxxx> wrote:
> I just noticed a little bit of anti-freeze below my water pump.  I 
> assume that this means the seal is going.  Is there anyway to 
prolong 
> its usefull life, ie. so I can make it to PF (and back)?
> 
> How long will it be before it gets so bad that the car will not be 
> drivable?
> 
> Dave & 6530




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