

| Subject: | More on: Water pump leak with only 300 Miles |
| From: | Jonce Fancher |
| Date: | Sat, 3 Sep 2005 15:12:24 -0400 |
I Will be looking tonight to make sure it was late around 11:00 pm When i found the leak. i will try my best to find the location before jumping to conclusions but it erks me anyway. i do have a dye kit of some sort i got from X-mas a few years back that you can use a black light on to see the leak. i guess i should pull that out. thanks for your help Jonce >i'd look careful at the hose clamps around the oil cooler above the >oil filter, and on the hoses around the water pump. it's much more >likely that a clamp has loosened up than the water pump failed >already. >clean the area as best you can and blow some talcum powder or chalk >dust all round in there. then run the engine for a while and shut it >off and wait. any leaks will leave a trail in the dust and you can >follow it up to the source. best to be sure before cursing the water >pump. ;) >good luck! >joel Jonce Fancher 57 Single Cab 66 Sunroof Bug 66 Variant Squareback 71 Sunroof Bus 75 911S Sunroof 84 Vanagon "Godfried" 85 Vanagon Westi 2003 10 Passenger Sprinter Fancher's Upholstery Inc. - www.fanchers.com Not-A-VW Club- http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransont3/notavwclub/
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