Water pump advice

[zeorze]

For whatever reason my water pump started leaking from the weep hole. So I replaced the complete assembly with a new one from Bikebandit,com. Here's the issue I get everything put back together, start her up and while checking for leaks I see theat my oil is contaminated (milky):bang head:, I shut down immediately, drained the oil, and removed the filter. I let it cool down and checked the coolant level and it hadn't moved at all.

When I replaced the water pump I drained the oil first and replaced the oil drain plug and then drain the coolant. My question is is it possible that when I removed the original water pump that remaining coolant could have leaked into the oil? I ask this because there was only a small amount of coolant in the oil or could my new pump have bad seals. Thanks

 

[naughtyG]

This easiest way to find out is to put fresh oil in and run it again. If it's clean then you're good and it was just a spill.
If not, you could have a bad seal in the pump, or it's possible it's not mounted quite right, or you're missing a seal/washer or equivalent.

 

[zeorze]

Just put fresh oil in it and ran it, had just a slight indication of coolant in the oil, I think it could be residue from the old contaminated oil. In any case I'm going to flushit a couple of times with fresh oil and see what happens. thanks

 

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[davidon]

Just replace the mechanical seal..don't chance the engine

 

[zeorze]

Just got done flushing some clean oil through the motor and no coolant in the oil It all seems to be OK but I went ahead and ordered all the parts to rebuild my old water pump just to be on the safe side.

 

[COP RUNNER]

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[one2dmax]

you will get coolant ino the oil when chaging the pump so it was likely just a bit left over. Then you can never get all the oil out of the engine on a change so it will take a couple of times to get it all.

Sean

 

[zeorze]

Thanks Sean, I flushed three times with clean oil and all seems to be well, I guess I paranoid about it now so I'll be checking that oil sight window everytime before I ride. Thanks again