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| | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 65 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 65 | I noticed today on my 1942 235 that i was dripping some antifreeze, so i took a close look and up near the water pump area it was dripping. so i think i narrowed it down to a partially cracked thermostat housing(either it was like that or i did it from tightening) and disentigrated gasket as well. anyways i took that cracked housing right off, and noticed that around the water pump, where the pump mounts to the block the mounting plate for the pump isnt flush with the block, in other words i have a small gap(less than an 1/16 of an inch or smaller) in the top right drivers side corner of the water pump area. I can see the gasket between the pump and the mounting plate, the pump is flush with the plate, but the plate isnt necessarily flush with the block. was this the design of the engine? or do i have a bigger problem than i think. im just trying to figure out if this was where my coolant was coming from prior to me tightening the thermostat housing down. any comments let me know. thanks.,
mike | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,107 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,107 | the reason is because its not a full face gasket | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 65 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 65 | ok, so from what your saying this is normal for this gap to be present between the block and the plate that the pump mounts too? i could take the water pump off to see myself, but id much rather wait to get an answer from someone else. also, if the pump goes bad, is their a weep hole on it to leak fluid out? or do the bearings go first and squeal/have lots of play. im trying to make sure i dont need a pump too. thanks for the help. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | I am thinking that you must be talking about the gap between the pump and the head, correct? If I remember correctly the pump extends up higher than the head/block junction but the pump has nothing to do with the head.
My experience with water pumps going bad is that they usually start making some kind of a rattle just before they start to leak. | | |
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