Reinhart,
The original water pumps had a fitting with a "flip up" cap on the
housing for greasing. The later,
sealed-bearing type have the casting boss for the fitting, but no
fitting.
If your water pump seal is shot, it'll leak. If the bearings are shot,
the fan might make itself
acquainted with the radiator, or the pump could seize, most likely
destroying the belt. The pump
will pump until either of these happen; i.e water pumps don't have a
degraded mode, they either
work or they fail.
There are lots of possible causes for overheating (check the archives).
More probably it's crud
in the block or the radiator (especially if the coolant is old).
bs
Reinhart Rosner (aon) wrote:
>Is there a way to tell, wether it is a rebuilt one without taking it apart?
>
>I bought my Healey some years ago, forgot about greasing the water pump and
>getting hot might be caused by the water pump not pumping or not pumping
>enough. Other causes like ignition, distributer or carbs were checked and
>should be ok.
>
>Reinhart
>55 BN1
>
>
>-----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] Im
>Auftrag von Alan Seigrist Blue 100
>Gesendet: Donnerstag, 20. Juli 2006 05:25
>An: Breda O'Sullivan
>Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
>Betreff: Re: water pump greasing
>
>Breda -
>
>Chances are you have a rebuilt water pump on your Healey. If so, you
>don't have to grease it, as it will have sealed bearings.
>
>Alan
>
>'53 BN1
>'53 A90
>'64 BJ8
>
>
>
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'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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