Did the impeller rot off the old water pump? -- John W Reames jream...@verizon.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905
On Jun 2, 2012, at 14:45, Brian Toscano <brian.tosc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I considered that, but here's the kicker... Only the lower hose has the > spring and if I try to clean it, it returns to black which seems to be the > way it came from the factory. I don't think the spring itself is rusting - > it seems to be a surface that rust collects, but that's it. I didn't try > to remove the spring because I didn't want to distort it. I think changing > the lower hose would eliminate some build up in the part of the spring I > could not clean. As an example, if I pull on the spring and rinse water > through the house, It takes a few seconds for the water to be perfectly > clear again. Maybe the rust came from the head, not the block? Both are > cast iron. > > > On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Rich Thomas < > richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > >> Maybe those springs? >> >> --R >> >> >> On 6/2/12 1:51 PM, Brian Toscano wrote: >> >>> Last night I drained the coolant from the drain plug on the radiator. >>> What >>> came out first was bright green. After a little bit, it turns rusty >>> brown, >>> and then turned to dirty coolant. This was just draining. Likewise, what >>> is in the expansion tank is typically rust colored and when I poured clean >>> water into the heater core, what came out was rust colored. What I >>> removed >>> the water pump what I saw was dirty coolant, but the inside of the engine >>> (outside of the cylinder wall for #1) looks perfectly fine and rust-free. >>> It makes me think the coolant does separate as it cools. >>> >>> The water pump itself looks fine also. A gasket leak developed on the top >>> of the pump after I did the first round of flushing. >>> >>> What has the most crap buildup are the heater hoses. The supply and >>> return to the heater core have a rust buildup inside. The lower radiator >>> hose has a large spring in it almost the entire length and that spring >>> holds a ton of crap. It makes me wonder where all this rust comes from if >>> the inside of the engine looks fine. >>> >>> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Brian >>> Toscano<brian.toscano@gmail.**com<brian.tosc...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>> >>> I considered that the dark radiator has an effect on the coolant. The >>>> bright green when in the radiator is almost clear in a coolant tester. >>>> However, what's in the expansion tank is darker. The original problem >>>> has >>>> been fixed. The flushing I did definitely helped. I'm not expecting >>>> 100% >>>> perfectly new looking coolant in 11 year old engine with cast iron block >>>> and head. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Max<meadedil...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Remove a sample from the radiator and another from expansion tank to >>>>> compare side by side; it's awfully hard to judge color inside a dark >>>>> radiator. >>>>> >>>>> Did you fix the original problem? >>>>> >>>>> I think your flushing method failed. >>>>> -- >>>>> Max Dillon >>>>> Charleston SC >>>>> '95 E300, '87 300TD >>>>> _______________________ >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________**_________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>>>> To search list archives >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives >>> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>> >>> >> ______________________________**_________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives >> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
