Hello there,

 

I just wanted to thank all the forum members for their posts. A while back, I was thinking about selling my GL wagon but Miles Fox made me change my mind. So, since I was to keep it, I decided to go ahead and do the major maintenance that was due on it. Last weekend, I went ahead and changed the timing belts, belt tensioners, idler roller, water pump, camshaft seals, crankshaft seal, oil pump seals etc..

 

And thanks to all the posts you guys wrote on this forum, it all went smooth. Well, almost... I need to reseal the water pump as it seems that I may have missed a spot with the RTV (small leak when the car cools down). My fault... But I cured that oil leak I had

 

Now the GL Turbo Wagon is ready for another 10 years

 

Thanks all y'all!

hey, dont give me all the credit:) Glad to see you undertook the project yourself. in the end, the work on these cars is not terribly hard to do, versus getting around to it!

 

check the water pipe on the WP and see if that is leaking. there is an o-ring, and the new water pump should have included that.

 

try loosening the bolt on the water pipe and give the thing a wiggle, try pushing it in more or pulling it out slightly to see if the o-ring seats better.

 

good luck with your car, i am a fan of keeping these cars alive, and people taking the time to get to know them and take care of them. congratulations!

hey, dont give me all the credit:) Glad to see you undertook the project yourself. in the end, the work on these cars is not terribly hard to do, versus getting around to it!

 

check the water pipe on the WP and see if that is leaking. there is an o-ring, and the new water pump should have included that.

 

try loosening the bolt on the water pipe and give the thing a wiggle, try pushing it in more or pulling it out slightly to see if the o-ring seats better.

 

good luck with your car, i am a fan of keeping these cars alive, and people taking the time to get to know them and take care of them. congratulations!

 

Thank you Miles! Yes, you deserve a good part of the credit.

The new water pump (Genuine Subaru, NOS scored on eBay for cheap) had the new O-ring and I put it in. There is no leak visible in that area, it seems to seat good. What happens is from the bottom of the pump. I am almost certain I messed up the RTV. I bought some special water gasket RTV at the auto store but I did not like it. Too soft... I should have listened to myself and use my big tube of RTV/all purpose gasket maker... This way I would have had a nice bead all around the mating surface on the engine block... Oh well, I'll do it again this weekend, with a nice Felt-Pro gasket this time

 

BTW, can I pull the pump out without draining all the coolant.. AGAIN? If I just pull the water pipe and the return hose, how much of a mess am I gonna get?

 

Thanks!

it will drain about 70 percent of the coolant. you can use the drain plug on the bottom of the radiator, and catch it in a pan, and reuse it. that stuff is close to 10 bucks a gallon now

There is an actual gasket for the water pump. Dont use silicone there.

There is an actual gasket for the water pump. Dont use silicone there.

 

Yeah, I have it. Well, a new one. I was just planning to coat the pump and the engine block with gasket maker, and then sandwich the gasket in all that. Like a BLT

 

But I said was because it seems that the permatex has settled. It is almost not leaking anymore... May be it just needed time to settle...

there's no need to use gasket maker if you have a gasket. if you want it stuck, use a little copper sprayagasket on both sides of the gasket and mating surfaces.

 

I have reused headgaskets with that stuff (dirt track racing) I wouldn't advise it on hg's for daily driving though

 

waterpumps, and intake gaskets, exhaust gaskets, etc. I will recommend it all day long. Its like spray glue that fills imperfections and pits.... love that stuff