[Public-list] Sherwood water pump

[Bill Blevins]

George, your diagnosis sounds right. Is that a standard thing to replace 
or fix? I have plenty of water going through the engine and out the 
exhaust so I don't think I'm in any harm in running it this weekend, 
other than pumping the bilge occasionally.

Bill Blevins
'Sabrina' #158

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George Dinwiddie wrote:

>Bill,
>
>It sounds like your shaft seals are gone.  On the Oberdorfer pump, there
>are two seals, one holding the water and one holding the oil.  In
>between, there is a hole to let leaking water into the bilge rather than
>forcing it past the oil seal into the engine.
>
> - George
>
>On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 10:31:38AM -0400, Bill Blevins wrote:
>  
>
>>My water pump has a leak just after it mounts to the engine. It is a 
>>Sherwood? pump on a 11hp Universal 5411 diesel. There appear to be two 
>>holes on opposite sides of the shaft near the base (behind the 
>>impeller). The way the pump is mounted, one is nearly on the top and one 
>>is down. I get a near constant drip when the engine is running and water 
>>streams out for a few minutes after I shut it down. I'm thinking I'm 
>>missing some sort of screw that is supposed to be in that hole? I have 
>>never seen water coming out here before. I forgot to take a picture but 
>>thought maybe one of you would know the two little holes I'm talking 
>>about have have a suggestion. I checked the impeller last night and it 
>>was still looking new. I replaced that mid-year last year.
>>    
>>
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