Seamus;
You may see a puddle. There is a weep hole for the purpose of early
warning to let you know the bearing/seal is failing. You sometimes can
"feel" play in the bearing by wobbling the w/p pulley back and forth.
Good Luck
Ken Lewis
kdlewis@juno.com
86 VW crewcab
85 VW Vanagon GL
60 356 coupe

On Fri, 20 Dec 1996 19:46:57 -0600 Seamus Padraic Ragan
<spr9c@faraday.clas.virginia.edu> writes:
<<<<chomp>>>>
>also...  How do you tell when your water pump has gone kaput
>other than watching your temp go up and all hell breaking
>loose???  My pump is fine, but it would be nice to be able to
>detect it just from a puddle on the ground or something. 
>thanks
>seamus
>
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