not a good idea to store a used water pump

[markmitch]

I bought this brand new water pump and put a flow disk in it a few years ago, I had it on a 305 in a van for a while then on a 4.3 for a while total use time was less then a year then I stored it and used it on the 350 on my present Astro and took the intake off once due to a leak replace gaskets and put it back together, then I replaced the inlet tube on the intake that the top radiator hose
attaches too. Now its leaking again? SO I got under the van with a flashlight with the engine running and its freaking leaking from the tiny hole on the water pump. All that just to find out the water pump is bad? Anyway just remember used water pumps are probably not a good way to save money. Papa Mark

[RECox286]

BTDT ! Experience learns us...some good, some bad.

Uncle Bob

[icebrrg3rd]

Plus they aren't all that expensive either. I used the one that came on the 350, figuring it worked before, might as well keep on using it. Of course, my motor sat for over a year before I installed it, plus I pulled it off to get at all the seals & timing, sure enough, less than a year later it started leaking. I thought of throwing on the w/p from the Astro (had saved it) but somehow logic trumped over my cheap nature (odd) and I got a new one. Once I did that, I threw out BOTH old w/p so no temptation to reuse them.

-Andrew

[FrugalAstro]

Kinda funny how different the lifespan of two identical mechanical things can vary so much.

The water pump on my 1987 Astro is the original one installed when the engine was built.

[Astrofarian]

If you absolutely HAVE to "store" a used water pump, put it into a plastic pail that has a lid. Pour mixed coolant (NOT Dexcool)) into the pail until the w/p is submerged, then put the lid onto the pail. Works for me; I'm from Manitoba, Canada....the birthplace of Cheapskate DNA! LoL
-Mike-

[icebrrg3rd]

So that way you can save both the w/p AND the coolant. Way to go Astrofarian!

-Andrew

[Astrofarian]

So that way you can save both the w/p AND the coolant. Way to go Astrofarian!

-Andrew

Told you I was CHEAP! LoL

-Mike-