Never ending oil leak-Finally ended!

[dominatr37]

Hi, Bill, it's just shy of 70 000 miles. The shaft is steel. It just wore down. I rode the bike to work today, and it was perfect. No oil leak. Ralph L Angelo Jr Author of Cool Stuff Http://RLAngeloJr.comSent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7.
-------- Original message --------From: William K Denton <wkdenton at verizon.net> Date: 9/14/21  2:52 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: Ralph <DOMINATR37 at optonline.net> Subject: RE: Never ending oil leak-Finally ended! Ralph,The water pump shaft had worn away? Wow, is it plastic? I wonder if this abnormal wear is associated with silicates in the antifreeze? Just curious... how many miles on your bike currently, and at what mileage did you start to smell oil?TIA,Bill in Yardley, PAWilliam K. DentonLazarus CycleWorks“We Breathe New Life into Old Bikes”wkdenton at verizon.net267-980-7788 office/cell-----Original Message-----From: GPZList [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at lists.micapeak.com] On Behalf Of dominatr37For years I had this mystery oil leak. I couldn’t find it, and my mechanic friend couldn’t either. Up until recently. He dropped some dye in there and hit it with a UV light. It was coming form the water pump. The shaft had worn away. He replaced the water pump for me and no more oil smell for the first time in years. I rtook it on a short 20 mile ride tonight and it was perfect. > > Ralph L. Angelo Jr> Author of cool stuff> RLAngeloJr.com > > ______________________________________________________________________GENERAL GPZList MAILING LIST INFORMATION:This is from the GPZList mailing list. GPZList at lists.micapeak.comhttps://lists.micapeak.com/mailman/listinfo/gpzlistYou subscribed to this mailing list. Therefore, you solicited allmail that you receive from this list. Therefore, ANY mail that youreceive from this list is, by definition, NOT Spam, and if you reportit as such, you are violating the lists.micapeak.com terms of service.To unsubscribe, you may send email to gpzlist-unsubscribe at lists.micapeak.com______________________________________________________________________YOUR PERSONAL SUBSCRIBER OPTIONS:Unsubscribe or choose new options athttps://lists.micapeak.com/mailman/options/gpzlist/dominatr37%40optonline.netYou are subscribed at the email address DOMINATR37 at optonline.net______________________________________________________________________