Hey Scott.

Yes. I saw mention of the cutting oil in the archives. I'll add that and
Suby conditioner when I change the coolant. Hopefully that job can wait for
a little while though.

Neil.

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 8:24 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

 usually water pumps are not lubed externally.
> If I was going to do that I would use a high quality synthetic spray
> lube.
>
> I run machinist's cutting oil in my cooling systems...about a cup or so ..
> a water soluble oil that is a great rust inhibitor and w. pump lube ..
> I've done this to hundreds if not thousands of cars going back 25 yrs.
>
> it works.
>
> On 5/21/2012 4:44 PM, neil n wrote:
>

> .... can one sneak lube onto the little bit of exposed coolant pump
> shaft?
>
>

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