I'd go with the soaking first, albeit folks will buy "date coded'
parts, and I'm sure water pumps fall under this umbrella, that are
as old as their parts they're replacing, and not bat an eye.
Go for it, and buy one to replace your replacement ;-)
Bill.....
"The MagnumGuy"
John 3:17
On 7/18/2015 9:12 PM, Neil Vedder
wrote:
My car's "spare" water pump, has been living the good life, in
Horrie's trunk, for MANY years.
His existing water pump, just today (at the end of a 100 mile road
trip) began
leaking (pouring-out) big-time-enuf....
Got him home, and to a gas station, before noticing the active
leakage, and with no over-heating
occurring.
Question: do water pumps dry out, internally, when dry-stored, for
many years????
His "spare" water pump's impeller turns somewhat/rather stiffly,
but SMOOTHLY, and with NO lost-motion to its operation.
Germans, and maybe the Swiss, too) would describe the impeller's
current turning/rotating effort-needed as being Gutenteit.
So, is Horrie's spare water pump in good operating condition (with
its stiffly-but-smoothly
turning impeller), or should/could the impeller-system be
overhauled or somehow lubricated
before being installed on H.'s engine????
Gaskets are cheap-enough, and my spare one is SLIGHTLY warped, and
has one mounting hole in it,
that has a slight crack in it.
So, I suppose that that gasket, after all 'these' years, is
righteously HISTORY, now....
What should I do, to ensure the good operation of his spare water
pump, or to confirm that the spare
water pump IS in good operating condition?
Neil Vedder
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