An OIL LEAK question

[Earl in Pensacola]

Several years ago my '97 Tourer developed an oil leak which appeared to be coming out of the water pump.  I bought and installed a new pump, but I'm pretty sure that I discovered that the only problem was the little "O" ring inside had broken and replacing only the "O": ring will cure the leak.  It was so ong ago that I'm just not SURE about that. I'm asking if anyone else has experienced this oil leak and was/is the problem cured by replacing only the "O" ring? John Moore just E-mailed me asking about the very same leak problem and I don't want to steer him wrong.

Please PM me (justmeedp@cox.net) with your answer and I'll get back to him ASAP.
 
TIA

Earl in Pensacola

[The emperor has no clothes]

Ever get an answer ?

[Hook#3287]

I was wondering also.

The parts diagrams only shows the LARGE o-ring that goes around the base of the water pump.

91302-MB0-013 O-RING (32.95X2.62)

There is no o-ring showing near the slot of the water pump shaft, nor is there one showing at the end of the oil pump shaft.

If there's one in there, I don't remember, as I only replaced 1 water pump and that was 14-15 years ago.

[Chrisj CMA]

I believe the O-ring seen in this picture is the one that if failed may allow an oil leak.

[RonW]

is that table (above) a mold for golf balls?

[Chrisj CMA]

is that table (above) a mold for golf balls?

No lol.  The table is molded concrete.  I did use plastic golf balls to make the divots.  Its actually a Hawaiian checkers board..

If you never seen one, its played with colored rocks and all the holes are filled in. Its a neat game

[RonW]

alrighty.



Apologize for the hijack, Earl.

[Earl in Pensacola]

Thanx for all the replies.  I forwarded info to John and will send him a notice to check this site. The pix Jeff displayed will be a lot of help to him.