Coolant leaking from water pump gasket install#

Luckily I was idling getting ready to park when I saw smoke coming from under hood, so I have stoped the fire quickly so no other damage under the hood besides connector and relay being completely melted. Or until I get enough confidence to remove water pump myselfĪs my next project is replacing AC Cooling fan Relay that got melted and caught on the fire. I did get a quote of $550 to get this done in the shop by Volvo professional, that service will include timing belt replacement so I was thinking just to try 'band -aid ' the issue until I am due for timing belt replacement. Mr.V I do repairs on the houses, but I am newbie when it comes to the engines, so tackling water pump replacement looks like a big move for me as I need to move other parts too.remove the fan, clutch, draining the coolant system. OldschoolVolvo, it is rubber ring seal on the top of the pump that is occasionally dripping. Yeah, right, Germanameseīut I do know one thing, they must have had some issue because the last HEPU I pulled had 50 Grand on it and even though it dribbled when cooling off, just like all the others had, it was still soft enough you could dent it with your finger nail and it'd spring backįirst thank you all for your fast responses. That's what moved me to write them - 'what's up with the ****ty seals being packaged with a premium graded part?' They told me they were German and go pound sand. Wanted to see them all, side by sideĮVERY DAMN ONE was a little different from the other - NO TWO were exactly alike and if you studied them closely you could find a reason to use any one of them over the othersįor a while HEPU was providing some ****ty seal that became ROCK HARD after about a year and would develop tiny cracks. Last parts order I ordered up the HEPU pump (with it's seals), the Swedish Parts water pump kit (actually assembled in Sweden) the Victor-Reinz seals as well as Volvo 'O.E.', just because of this common (for me anyway) pain in the ass issue. With ANY of the 'Ultras' it was leaking every time the weather turned cold (like lasted about a year) Get it together and slide it to the face of the block and head ONCE and CLEAN so that fat ass bead seals 100% and nice and uniform (not smeary, hacky) Use the ORIGINAL BLUE Permatex (NON 'Ultra') and fill the the seal receiver in the pump, put in the new seal, wipe away the squeeze out on the inside of the hole (duh) and them lather up the top of the seal and all the exposed aluminum I've had leaking problems (after about a year) with all of them but I think I have finally solved the top seal issue (knock on wood) once and for all, no matter what brand

Coolant leaking from water pump gasket install#

Try telling the a-holes at HEPU that (I did) - been fighting top to head seal issues for a while - never had an active leaker just a cool down drip, just enough to piss you off (because it shouldn't be doing it and the install was immaculate)