Date:         Thu, 15 Jul 2004 07:26:22 -0400
Reply-To:     vw4x4@FYI.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: Weeping water pump and driver
Comments: To: Oxroad@AOL.COM
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99.999999999% of all water pumps on vanagons are install wrong.
IF you read the instructions that came with the pump, it states
to soak the pump in anti-freeze for 24 hours before installing.
This is important to insure the seal does not leak prematurely!
There is an easy way of doing this.  Install the pump dry, fill
with anti-freeze, and before starting, let it sit for two days. Most
mechanics will not do this only because they can not afford the time.
                                                    ERic

Jeff Oxroad wrote:

>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
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