water lubed coolant pump

Hi Steve,

uk.rec.cars.maintenance might be a good venue for your post. If you've found grit/sludge/crap in the pump it will also be spread around the whole engine cooling system. I would suggest that you make sure the cooling system is well & thoroughly cleansed before doing anything else. I imagine that by *drum* you refer to the impellor. A light dab of water/heat proof grease (copaslip?) on the impellor shaft won't do any harm and will aid dismantling in the future. I don't know the layout of the Kenlow preheater system but would suggest that you keep within the manufacturers guidelines as regards positioning. HTH Nic.

nickswan at zoom dot co dot uk

i ratrly cros post but did on this occasion to uk.rec.car.main as you suggest but as this is a such a fine group i thuoght id get some valuble oppinions on here too. kenlowe didnt recomed any particular orientation for the pump. car has now had a good power flush. by drum i mean drum which has the impellor molded into it. the drum then slides over the stator(?) with a v small clearance and is held in place by a spindel....(damn wish id kept that digi camra!) there apears to be no lube...ecept maybe the water.

steve

Kenlowe - they're just crap.

If you _really_ need a preheater, buy a Canadian one and use a transformer.

-- Smert' spamionam

What he said.

And I still have the scars to prove it.