I replaced the soft parts, as I recall it was the usual waterpump failure stuff, seal and O-rings. I actually had the parts outsourced but the Yamaha parts finally arrived and were not that much of an investment. I did have some pretty gnarly coolant running the first few miles of the bike's life until I noticed the coolant change I had requested when purchasing the bike new (but 3 years old) had only been performed on the reservoir coolant--silly me for not being more specific about replacing ALL the coolant--but the leak just seemed to happen around the time I went with the extended Prestone myself... FL Kev
--- Kevin Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use Prestone in the silver container. Extended > life, non-silicate > formula. 50/50 mix. > > How'd you fix your waterpump Kevin? What was it that > went bad? > > For those who are wondering, the waterpump itself is > not a single part like > a car. There are several components including the > waterpump cover, o-ring > assembly to seal the cover to engine side, impeller > which actually pumps > the water and inserts into a hole in the side of the > engine which is then > sealed using a part called the mechanical seal and > couple more o-rings. > > Kevin Hawkins // Greensboro, NC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.kevinhawk.com > Y2K Kawasaki ZRX1100 //'93 Yamaha GTS1000 //'85 > FZ750 > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
