Date:         Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:52:45 -0400
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: water pump leak in ocean springs, MS?
Comments: To: bsgordon39@HOTMAIL.COM
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If you see metal shavings, hear bad noises, and have coolant loss you most
likely lost the water pump bearings. Do not operate the engine this way. The
bad noise is the pump impellar chewing out part of the engine case and
enough damage here will result in por pump performance and cooling problems
at low speed and idle. You may pay more but the pump should be avialable
through any good import source next day or two. Many on line-list vendors
can also get it for. If you are paying a shop to repalce it plan on ~ 3
hours labor. Try to amtch the antifreeze already in there unless you plan to
flush and re-fill. There are many discussions on bleeding the cooling
system. Be sure whoever does the job knows that it may need to be done.

If the block is grooved from the impeller a good epoxy can be used to repair
it.

Dennis


>From: Bradley Gordon <bsgordon39@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Bradley Gordon <bsgordon39@HOTMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: water pump leak in ocean springs, MS?
>Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:02:38 +0000
>
>Hi everyone,
>
>I am in an 84 vanagon westy wolfsburg in Ocean Springs, MS and believe that
>I have sprung a leak from my water pump.  When the engine is running I can
>hear what seems to be a bad bearing.  The pulley on the front is showing
>very fine metal shavings and seems to be working its way out of the pump.
>I am assuming that my whole pump is failing. When I turn the engine off a
>fair amount of antifreeze is leaking from somewhere above the oil filter
>and not from the pulley itself.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>I am very new to this engine and am clueless as to how easy or hard this is
>to fix/replace?   Can anyone point me in the direction of a parts house or
>graveyard where I may be able to find a pump asap.  I am hoping to get this
>mean machine back to Memphis, TN tomorrow.....essshhh!  Thanks so much for
>your time and attenntion.
>
>
>All the best,
>
>Brad
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