Date:         Tue, 17 Nov 1998 17:18:01 -0800
Reply-To:     YauMan Chan <YauMan@CCHEM.BERKELEY.EDU>
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From:         YauMan Chan <YauMan@CCHEM.BERKELEY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: VC and waterpump ????sss
Comments: To: wilpho@MCN.NET, vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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It is normal and in fact necessary for the water pump to weep and there may be more or less droplets depending on how long the engine is running and how hot it got etc.  The weeping by design allows the coolant to act as lublicant for the water pump bearing.. if it stop weeping you will have a noisy whinning bearing which you will have to replace very shortly thereafter.  So a little leak here and there is good.. As we say in the computer business.. it's a feature .. not a bug...


Yau-Man Chan
87 GL


>>> rob wilke <wilpho@MCN.NET> 11/17 3:49 PM >>>
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Having just completed a 3000 mile roadtrip to Oregon and Northern
California, I am very pleased with my 87 Syncro Gl ( Genveva) she ran
great and got 18- 21 mpg traveling around 70 mph most of the time. I did
notice my waterpump was weeping more and more as the trip progressed 
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