mab6680

i found a small leak in my water its coming from the top of the pump right where the inspection plate meets the pump housing and i mean small more like sweating out is there a gasket that goes under the inspection plate or is this a sign the pump is on its way out

jloshotz

If its an LT motor, get to it before it gets to your optispark

mab6680

thats why im asking if theres a gasket or not

mrmint69

That means the bladder is failing and needs replacing soon. Unless where it mounts is leaking you need a new one. One guy came up with a great idea and added a grease zerk and a hose to divert the coolant away from the opti so it would stay dry until he had the time to replace it.

greenformula94

Just pick up a new waterpump off ebay

1993-1997 LT1 High Performance!!! Water Pump | eBay

comes with gaskets and its 95$ shipped

mab6680

its not leaking from the weep hole its leakinf from the front top of the the pump between the pump housing and inspection plate

mab6680

dont know if i would buy a no name water pump off ebay besides you can buy a ac delco pump from rockauto for $103 i dont mind spending some cash if the pump is bad but if there is a gasket under that inspection plate then i would rather spend a few bucks for a gasket then a hundo on a new pump

greenformula94

To my knowledge there is no gasket there. but what i used was Permatex gasket material to seal the cover to the housing. If you go this route, be sure to use only as much sealant as you need. Over-apply, and the excess material can interfere with impeller operation.

greenformula94

Just make sure while your working on it that you dont let any coolant touch the optispark or else your looking at some more money for one of them.

And ive heard good things about that waterpump on ebay, but hey I didnt know rockauto had one for 103$ either haha

mab6680

ok thank you very much

mab6680

yea rock auto has some good prices on parts you just have to wach out because they like to ship all your parts from diff locations and you have to pay shipping on all of them i can spend hours on there site if i have a bunch of parts i will sit there adding and removing parts from the shopping cart to try and get as many of the parts to ship from one location as possible

mab6680

O and if you google rockauto discount there is always a discount code that can be used

greenformula94

Sounds like more of an inconvenience than a convenience. But eh their a sponsor so we should support them as we can.

mab6680

i have been using them before they where so well known i found a add in the back of a car magazine years ago call a chevy dealer and get a price on that same wter pump i bet its twice the price if not more its well worth it on the higher priced items i just ordered two new windshield wipers because of the stupid reversed wiper arm hooks from the for $18 shipped my none of the auto parts stores stocked them the lowest local price i found was 15 each it adds up so to spend a hour or two hours to save a few hundred dollars is well worth it in my eyes

ps i didnt know they where a sponsor and hoped i didnt get in trouble for giving them a plug lol

greenformula94

Well ****, no they arent a sponsor, guess that was a diff site im a member of oops....