> Jeff and Eric,
>            The  main causes of waterpump failure is
> almost always too much belt tension.   Some failure
> can occur because of poor lubrication by the use of
> old coolant or water without antifreeze.
>   Eric has a good point but I think it is a bit
> extreme to soak the waterpump for 24 hours.
> The seal does not swell but more likely the seal can
> burn if you run the waterpunp in a dry condition.   A
> few turns of the waterpump by hand after adding
> coolant to the tank is all that is needed.   If you
> want to do it eric's way just bleed the next day or 24
> hours later.   gary
> Date:    Thu, 15 Jul 2004 07:26:22 -0400
> From:    Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
> Subject: Re: Weeping water pump and driver
>
> 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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Just got a new water pump from bus depot and no mention of soaking
Does say to expect a few leaks early on though
I plan to treat the o ring like an oil filter and rub a little coolant on
before installing