Re: [Healeys] Water pump leak

[i erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com>]

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the seal is going away. Time to replace it before it fails completely
Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
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          BT7 engine and disk brakes


1967 MGB  [image: MG]

A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti
Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words


On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 2:04 PM Michael Oritt <michael.oritt@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I almost hesitate to post about another problem but here goes:
>
> Yesterday while almost done with a long ride to make sure that the brakes
> were okay (they were) I got a spatter of oily drops on the windshield and
> when I popped the bonnet i found a pretty liberal spray of oil across its
> underside, just above the fan.  This morning after cleaning everything off
> I put the car up on jack stands and ran the engine at about 2K to see if I
> could find the source.
>
> There is a slow but steady leak--perhaps a drop every three or four
> seconds--coming off of the back face of the water pump pulley, which leaks
> onto the fan belt and gets tossed across the engine compartment.  The
> strange thing is that it does not seem like engine oil as it is brown in
> color and has a definite bittersweet taste--nothing at all like the color
> or taste of the engine oil.  It is sticky and looks almost like Permatex
> Indian Head Gasket Shellac.
>
> There is a grease nipple on the water pump and though I know I lubed it
> when I last changed the water pump that was some time ago.  I am not
> certain about the color of the grease but am thinking it was either red or
> blue.
>
> There is no oil in the water nor any water in the oil.
> The leak is not coming out of the weep hole in the water pump.
> The leak does not seem like oil that is emulsified--it really seems like
> shellac but that makes no sense to me.
>
> Any thoughts will be appreciated.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt (BN1)
>
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isk brakes</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>1967 MGB =C2=A0<img src=
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amily:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"=
>A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti</spa=
n><br></div><div>Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words</d=
iv></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>=
</div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 2:04 PM Michael Oritt=
 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:michael.oritt@gmail.com";>michael.oritt@gmail.com</a>=
&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px =
0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div=
 dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">I =
almost hesitate to post about another problem but here goes:<br><br>Yesterd=
ay while almost done with a long ride to make sure that the brakes were oka=
y (they were) I got a spatter of oily drops on the windshield and when I po=
pped the bonnet i found a pretty liberal spray of oil across its underside,=
 just above the fan.=C2=A0 This morning after cleaning everything off I put=
 the car up on jack stands and ran the engine at about 2K to see if I could=
 find the source. <br><br>There is a slow but steady leak--perhaps a drop e=
very three or four seconds--coming off of the back face of the water pump p=
ulley, which leaks onto the fan belt and gets tossed across the engine comp=
artment.=C2=A0 The strange thing is that it does not seem like engine oil a=
s it is brown in color and has a definite bittersweet taste--nothing at all=
 like the color or taste of the engine oil.=C2=A0 It is sticky and looks al=
most like Permatex Indian Head Gasket Shellac.<br><br>There is a grease nip=
ple on the water pump and though I know I lubed it when I last changed the =
water pump that was some time ago.=C2=A0 I am not certain about the color o=
f the grease but am thinking it was either red or blue.<br><br>There is no =
oil in the water nor any water in the oil. =C2=A0<br>The leak is not coming=
 out of the weep hole in the water pump. =C2=A0<br>The leak does not seem l=
ike oil that is emulsified--it really seems like shellac but that makes no =
sense to me.<br><br>Any thoughts will be appreciated.</div><div class=3D"gm=
ail_default" style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_d=
efault" style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">Best--Michael Oritt (BN1)<br><br></d=
iv></div>
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