Date:         Thu, 15 Jul 2004 03:19:48 EDT
Reply-To:     Oxroad@AOL.COM
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From:         Jeff Oxroad <Oxroad@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Weeping water pump and driver
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I replaced my water pump with a genuine VW water pump about 4 years and
30,000+ miles ago. It seems to be weeping coolant through the weep hole. Enough so
that it dimished the coolant level in the overflow tank. Lets say it lost
about 2 cups of coolant.

Seems a rather short run for the water pump--is it?. The bus does sit
sometimes for a month at a time. Would this make the water pump life shorter? I mean
c'mon, I just did this job, relatively.

Is some weeping normal? How much time so I have before it needs
attention--any?

(FWIW the VWOA water pump I got from VW was from Italy--I think it said
remanufactured in Italy and went for about $110 for the part from what I remember.
Remember when VW parts were made in germany and lasted?)

TIA
Jeff
83.5 Westfalia
LA,CA