Maintenance Manual, well not yet anyway.
outlets.
David Hillam
<pdavis10@compuserve.com> wrote:
> Know this problem well.
> It was a great moment when I filled the engine up with oil and water, only
> to discover water leaking out of the bottom of the pump. Rather more than a
> leak really.
> On investigation I found that the pump housing was warped a lot, and there
> was no way the gasket could take up the discrepancy.
> As the housing is approx. 150 GBP + VAT to replace (yes - that small bit of
> alloy casting!) and with the addition of inlet and outlet elbows if
> required would have brought the whole up to in the region of 200 GBP I
> decided to carefully work away the high areas to achieve a flat surface.
> It is important to be careful as apart from wanting to end up with a good
> fit, there is a required dimension given in the workshop manual between the
> housing and pump impeller. Sorry I haven't got this to hand but I found
> Skydrive very ready to give advice. Anyone doing this must also be careful
> to avoid damaging the locating lugs.
> IMHO, this warping was either there when the factory released the engine or
> was induced when the outlet (or is it inlet) elbow was heated and moved
> round. I didn't do the elbow work myself but those who did used a blow
> torch, contrary to advice. I suspect that this was when the damage was done
> - but I couldn't possibly say who did the work ! :-)
> Regards,
> Peter Davis - almost there!
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David Hillam
dgh@liverpool.ac.uk
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