The weep hole is there to vent the space between the seal assembly and the
bearings. This is needed as a slight leakage is normal and this leakage will
destroy the bearings in a short time. Different people have different luck
as to the life of water pumps. I used to go every 45K or so on my 87 Syncro.
Last ump was at 96K on way from NY to Alaska. At 132K I changed to the
Prestone Long life Antifreeze. That pump is still in there now at 177.5K.
BTW, I still have my original head gaskets.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Jason Willenbrock
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 10:40 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: h20 weep hole leak

thanks to everyone who has reponded.  as it turns out it was my weep hole in
h20 pump that is leaking.  so time for a new h20 pump.  my question is why
is this hole there and what causes it to leak?  the reason i ask is b/c i
replaced this pump about 30,000 miles ago.  kinda pain in the booty to have
to replace this again after such a short time!  is this gonna be a 30,000
mile job always?!
thanks
jason
90gl
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