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Car Forum / Honda Cars / October 2005Can I replace Water pump's Seal only?
A car is seeping tiny coolant through water pump's seeping hole. A manual indicts seeping coolant sign of a default water pump. What is the default water pump? Water pump is made up of meter part and rubber's seal. I believe that the problem is a bad seal not bad bad metal part. Can I just replace only seal? If this water pump is like any I have dealt with, it also has a pair of ball bearings. If the seal is leaking, then these bearing would have had coolant inside the bearing.. This is the reason that it is normal practice to replace the complete pump rather than repair the bearings and seal. It also takes a good hydraulic press the remove the shaft and bearing assembly for replacement of the seal and bearings.  SignatureMy experience and opinion, FWIW Steve > A car is seeping tiny coolant through water pump's seeping hole. > A manual indicts seeping coolant sign of a default water pump. > What is the default water pump? Water pump is made up of meter > part and rubber's seal. I believe that the problem is a bad seal not > bad bad metal part. Can I just replace only seal? > A car is seeping tiny coolant through water pump's seeping hole. > A manual indicts seeping coolant sign of a default water pump. > What is the default water pump? Water pump is made up of meter > part and rubber's seal. I believe that the problem is a bad seal not > bad bad metal part. Can I just replace only seal? ------------------------- No, the coolant has started to destroy the bearing by now, when the bearing siezes up, you destroy the timing belt, which destroys the motor. You also risk overheating in the meantime. It might be time to replace the timing belt at the same time unless it's been done recently, since you're in there. 'Curly' > A car is seeping tiny coolant through water pump's seeping hole. > A manual indicts seeping coolant sign of a default water pump. > What is the default water pump? Water pump is made up of meter > part and rubber's seal. I believe that the problem is a bad seal not > bad bad metal part. Can I just replace only seal? AFAIK... no. its all pressed together and fitted to high tolerances. and get OEM, shouldnt be more than $40 or so. > A car is seeping tiny coolant through water pump's seeping hole. >A manual indicts seeping coolant sign of a default water pump. >What is the default water pump? Water pump is made up of meter >part and rubber's seal. I believe that the problem is a bad seal not >bad bad metal part. Can I just replace only seal? The bearing is probably bad, which is why the seal went bad too. When you get a rebuilt pump, all they do is change the bearing. If you have the right tools and access to the parts, then you could do it yourself. --------------- Alex > > A car is seeping tiny coolant through water pump's seeping hole. > >A manual indicts seeping coolant sign of a default water pump. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > --------------- > Alex ---------------------------- Don't encourage him . . It's worth the price of an engine if he screws it up. 'Curly' > > A car is seeping tiny coolant through water pump's seeping hole. > >A manual indicts seeping coolant sign of a default water pump. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > --------------- > Alex ---------------------------- Don't encourage him . . It's worth the price of an engine if he screws it up. 'Curly' > > A car is seeping tiny coolant through water pump's seeping hole. > >A manual indicts seeping coolant sign of a default water pump. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > --------------- > Alex ---------------------------- Don't encourage him . . It's worth the price of an engine if he screws it up. 'Curly' It's 16 years old car. Yeah I think so. Water pump is just made up of metal part and the bearing part. I guess they just replace bearing and refurnish it to make new. I want to do the WP but I don't know about Time Belt thing. > Yeah I think so. Water pump is just made up of metal part and the > bearing part. > I guess they just replace bearing and refurnish it to make new. I want > to do the > WP but I don't know about Time Belt thing. of course you can replace the seal. it's easy. all you do is buy a new one. then, dissolve the pump's alloy housing in concentrated sodium hydroxide, cut the impeller from the shaft, pull off the seal, fit the new one, dessicate your hydroxide solution, pyrolize the salts, melt with cryolite, electrolyze, alloy, cast, machine, insert shaft & bearings, electon beam weld the shaft back together, and hey presto, you've fitted a new seal. or you can buy a pump for $45 at chinacarpartmart. and whatever you do, don't touch the timing belt. they have a nasty habit of spontaneously combusting unless you whistle a certain frank sinatra tune while loosening the tensioner. only special secret society members that know the handshake can ever know the tune. or you can pay your local shop to take care of the matter for you. red cloud, i'd go for the latter if i were you, just to be safe... |
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