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<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>

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