Date:         Mon, 12 May 2003 18:04:08 -0700
Reply-To:     Steve W <croatoa@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Steve W <croatoa@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: water pump #4 in a year, vent hole leak
In-Reply-To:  <1DD615D9-84DD-11D7-B994-003065D2C542@attbi.com>
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Hello,
A bad electrical connection can also cause an
erratic guage.  That fixed it in my BMW.
Steve
--- zampano <matthias.k@ATTBI.COM> wrote:
> Thanks Y'all,
>
> I would hope to doubt that I have the internal
> head gasket leak, since
> this is a resealed motor as of Feb 10, done by
> a "shop", with which I
> have had lots of problems, but you can read the
> archives for that. I
> will do a compression test AGAIN anyways.
>
> The thing, or "thingy" would be that
> consistently I have had the water
> pumps leak, whether installed by me or a/the
> shop. They leak at the
> vent hole that's part of the pump. What exactly
> is the purpose of this
> hole??? Is it to relief pressure in the system
> when it's excessive??
> Then, why does it whiz overnight only, or
> mostly, I should maybe say.
> I am going to get a new tank cap tomorrow. Does
> the vent hole
> eventually seat itself again??.
>
> The gauge didn't climb nearly as high today on
> the same trip, and on
> regular flat driving actually stayed super low,
> like a hair or two past
> zero. I'll get the new cap, then bleed her like
> she deserves.
>
> Now, I have some other problems with my
> Vanagoogoo. If you'll all
> excuse me I'll move on to elaborate all  those
> bedeviled symptoms. If
> you got time, check my other post.
>
> cheers
>
> m
> On Monday, May 12, 2003, at 05:44  PM, John
> Rodgers wrote:
>
> > I go with Dennis Haynes on the combustion
> gases idea on this one. A
> > good
> > garage should have the equipment to do a
> sniffer test on your coolant
> > to
> > see if the combustion gases are present. If
> so, a compression test is
> > in
> > order.
> >
> > John Rodgers
> > 88 GL Driver
> >
> > zampano wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Volks,
> >>
> >> I had the water pump replaced under warranty
> again two weeks ago by a
> >> mechanic. The thing is leaking out of the
> vent hole. It did it before,
> >> and before that it did it before. You get
> the idea. My van is a 84 WBX
> >> 1.9l w/manual tranny.
> >> What puzzles me most is the erratic behavior
> of my temp gauge. It went
> >> up to little past where usually the van
> comes on, a hair past the LED,
> >> after going uphill in 4th  gear on the
> freeway, at about 3200rpms,
> >> doing maybe 55mph (my speedo is highly
> embellished), for 5 minutes
> >> tops. It then went back down, but came back
> up, on the flats. I pulled
> >> over and saw squirted water, not just steam,
> allover my pulley,
> >> coolant
> >> pipes, extension tank etc. Can the vent hole
> squirt out so
> >> intensely???
> >> I double checked all my other hoses, clamps
> etc and don't see where
> >> else it would come from. Maybe it's venting
> out on to the belt, then
> >> tossed allover.
> >>
> >> I know it is leaking, but that usually only
> happens overnight, and
> >> leaves a puddle the size of a spread out
> hand. It has snail tracks
> >> from
> >> the vent hole running down, but doesn't do
> it when I run the motor, to
> >> my knowledge.
> >>
> >> What is the right water pump to install??
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Happy Trails
> >>
> >> matthias
> >>
> >


=====
Steve
croatoa@yahoo.com

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