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Originally Posted by Frodo
That's kinda weird. The "little finger" part of the gasket---that should have been covered by the base of the water pump, right? If that's the case, how could it have bent out like that, scraping the blades?
Are you sure that finger didn't just stick to the pump when it was removed, bending outward at that point? Of course, if that's the case, it's hard to explain the grinding down of the impeller blades.  |
I thought of that but the aluminum surfaces that were exposed to coolant are a little darker than the surfaces that were dry. The surface that should be covered by the finger is dark. I think it was bent while assembled. There is no play in the bearing at all, so I don't know what else would have scraped the blades.