Leaky boi

"ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability" (italianjobr53) 07/20/2020 at 08:00 • Filed to: C5Z

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Here we observe the Vette in its natural habitat when it’s not being raced:

pip bip - choose Corrour > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/20/2020 at 08:10

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water pump or gaskets only?

12681185 pump and 12630223 x 2 for the gaskets, plus thermostat & hsg 12600172

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/20/2020 at 08:11

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Not sure, I've ordered both yesterday

citrus > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/20/2020 at 08:23

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First thing I had to do to mine when I brought it home

Keep an eye on the plastic radiator tanks too, I had a coolant leak I couldn't solve and it turned out the tank had a tiiiny crack in the top

PartyPooper2012 > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/20/2020 at 09:04

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Hmmm... I replaced my water pump the day I bought the car. Partly because I wanted to replace the AC compressor and that is a NOT NICE LADY to get to.

By the way, replacing the AC compressor did nothing for my problems.

I later learned that the vacuum operated blower doors in the dash were not working and so air conditioned air was only coming in through a default hole... floor. Doesn’t help anyone when you have fogged up windows or trying to survive 105 degree days in dead stopped traffic.

Many many W ashingtons leaving my wallet later, stealership replaced all those vacuum operated actuators.

Sometimes I want to wrap this car around a tree, but then I feel bad for a tree. All its trying to do is live it’s live and convert some CO2 to O2.

I think car manufacturers should offer a program whereby they take back their crappy designed cars and give something better... or fix shitty designs for free.

RacinBob > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/20/2020 at 09:20

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Was your’s the vette with an appetite for wheel bearings, if yes, an update?

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > PartyPooper2012 07/20/2020 at 09:21

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Rip, thats a bad one....

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > citrus 07/20/2020 at 09:22

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Yup yup, i i actually bought a pressure tester kit so that i could check with the engine off. With it running, it would just splash leaking coolant all over the serpentine belt and i was none the wiser where it was coming from...

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > RacinBob 07/20/2020 at 09:26

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Ooh yes, I forgot to post an update...

The last thing I did was use a higher torque spec from a C6 Vette, red loctite and a jamming nut on top of the actual one. I marked the jamming nut with a sharpie to see if it has rotated or not...

After doing this, I did a track day,an autocross and about 400 street miles. No bearing play as of yet and the nut hasn't rotated at all. I think thats taken care of that issue...