Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (April 2006, week 3)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:34:14 -0400
Reply-To:     vanagon-rcampbell@USA.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Campbell <vanagon-rcampbell@USA.NET>
Subject:      Re: Water Pump...what's the Death Knell??
Comments: To: kevin obrien <kevindobrien@YAHOO.COM>
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

<html> <body> <P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3>Kevin,</FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3>I recently went through this (about 6 months back)....</FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3>What I found was that I was losing a lot of water.... I had to fill up the resevoir (inside the engine compartment) daily -- I drive 25 miles a day.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3>When I looked underneath, a steady drip was coming off of the oil cooler.&nbsp; If I would have continued looking, then I would have seen that there is a weep hole in the bottom of the water pump where the shaft comes out and the pulley is connected.&nbsp; When you see water coming out of here, then the bearing has gone.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3>Thankfully, the RED LED on the dash for the water told me that I was running out of water before anything serious happened.&nbsp; Replaced the water pump and all is well.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Verdana>Hope all is well on your end.....</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Verdana>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -Robert</FONT><FONT size=3><BR><BR></FONT>------ Original Message ------<BR><B>Received: </B>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:38:02 PM EDT<BR><B>From: </B>kevin obrien &lt;kevindobrien@YAHOO.COM&gt;<BR><B>To: </B>vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Water Pump...what's the Death Knell??<BR><BR><BR></P> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; WIDTH: 100%">Hello All: <BR><BR>I've never had a water pump go bad in my Vanagon. Out <BR>of curiosity...What are the signs that one is on the <BR>way out? <BR><BR>Kevin <BR><BR>__________________________________________________ <BR>Do You Yahoo!? <BR>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <BR>http://mail.yahoo.com <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>

<br> </body> </html>


Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!


Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com


The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.