Hi,
I have a tiny leak in my water pump and was talking to a friend of mine. He said a common remidy of this is to put an egg in with the coolant and as it cooks it'll seep into the holes sealing the leak, at least fairly well.
is there any truth to this? any problems either?
thanks Justin
He must be a mechanic..... He sure wants you to spend a 'lot' of money anyway. That will clog up the rad as well as the heater core which can be 8 hours labor to change on some vehicles.
Pepper will work for a rad leak in a real pinch, but again clogs can be an issue.
Nothing, but nothing works on a leaky waterpump. That is a moving part that has worn out. It is just being nice to you by showing you the leak before it up and pukes all the coolant out in one shot.
A loose hose clamp can cause liquid to run down onto the pump to imitate a leaky pump and the base gasket can leak, but if the leak is at the nose or off the bottom of the pump, it needs to be changed ASAP. They will just up and totally fail fast.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sJust>
water pumps have a little hole in the casing to let water dribble out when they start to wear out and leak internally, at least I think that's the way it works.
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The water pump is faulty - replace it.
All leak-gunk-fixit solutions will do the same to the entire engine cooling system.
True. The weep hole is designed to announce that the bearing/seal is defective.
The egg is a bad bad idea. The water pump has an impeller inside to pump the water and is driven by the pulley outside. There is a shaft between the two that has a bearing and seal. Once the seal fails water gets to the bearing and the water pump fails in short order or the bearing can wear out first causing the seal to fail. In either case once you see water the mechanical pump is worn out.
There is no cure for this short of a replacement waterpump. You need to have this dealt with now while it is still a low dollar repair. Some waterpumps are driven by the timing belt and cause major engine damage if they fail and break that belt. God has thrown you a bone this time and let you know it needs to be fixed before costing you a few thousand... don't ignore it.
Steve B.
Yes, there's a great deal of truth to it. Let me guess, your friend is
75 years old or has a grandpa that passed this wisdom on to him. When systems had little or no pressure and no heater cores, the egg treatment would work until a person could unload the piece on somebody. Also, many people at the time had there own chickens out back and could maintain the treatment every few days.MotorsForum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.