My Sprint has been using a lot of water recently and a quick inspection found that the battery (£5 from the scrappy) had been bashing against the bottom hose when the engine flexed around. This had eventually caused a hole...hence my water loss. I changed the hose and for a few days all was fine but on checking again the car was still losing water (but nowhere near as much). So I got it nice and hot, and had a look. The engine appears to be losing water from an indentation in the block below where the bottom hose is connected. The indentation is about 2" by .5". Any ideas on what this is, and more importantly how to fix it?
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water everywhere & I don't know where from! (waterpump)
Water leak
Sounds like the water pump is on its' way out.
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Re: Water leak
Why would it send water external to the engine, shouldn't it just stop pumping?
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Seal Her
Yep, W'pump seals gone west as the chaps say. Do today, don't delay, the last thing you want to do is 'cook' your motor, on a Sprint (or any car with an alloy head) it is not a good thing to do.<br>
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Manifold off<br>
Water pump cover off<br>
Pump out (might need a slide hammer) watch the LH thread bolt<br>
Strip & rebuild<br>
Refit and 'shim it up' with various thickness gaskets.<br>
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The rest is a case of reassembly is the reverese procedure of dimantling, as it often to be known to be said <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :eek --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... ns/eek.gif ALT=":eek"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->
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Manifold off<br>
Water pump cover off<br>
Pump out (might need a slide hammer) watch the LH thread bolt<br>
Strip & rebuild<br>
Refit and 'shim it up' with various thickness gaskets.<br>
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The rest is a case of reassembly is the reverese procedure of dimantling, as it often to be known to be said <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :eek --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... ns/eek.gif ALT=":eek"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->
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Phew! I thought it was kna**ered. Have ordered the gasket & tools. Cheers.
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water leak
Just had same problem with water pump,stripped & rebuilt using rimmer bros kit but now leaks even worst,Iknow I sound like a muppet but I need to know where I went wrong.!!!
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Two things to do....
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1: Check u/s impellar has a flat surface for the seal to mate to, if not, get it machined until it is, else your new seals will do no better than the old 'uns..<br>
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2: Replace the bush in the block.
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1: Check u/s impellar has a flat surface for the seal to mate to, if not, get it machined until it is, else your new seals will do no better than the old 'uns..<br>
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2: Replace the bush in the block.
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water pump
Thanks I`ll give it a go
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Water pump bush
I have just got a kit from TDF's ,but there is no bush. Does this come seperately?
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bush
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Ps How do you get the bush out and in again?
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You don't think they'd give you everything you need to do the job properly do you?<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START : --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... ohwell.gif ALT=":"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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Ps How do you get the bush out and in again?
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Do I....
Have to order the bush seperately or should it have come in the kit?<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START 8o --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/nerd.gif ALT="8o"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->
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