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#1639514 09/01/06 09:46 PM
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Hello,
I've had my 1996 Mystique for a month now. I've had 2 water pumps replaced in a month. They start dripping after 1 week from the underside of the pump. I called the local Mercury dealer. He said pumps and gaskets should be soaked 24 hours in pure coolant. Has anyone ever heard this? I'm at my wits end. I had a mechanic do the pump the first time. They had the car a week! It leaked 1 week later. My nephew and I did the pump ourselves last Sunday. We used gasket sealer on both sides of the gasket. Now the pump is dripping from the underside again. I wonder if soaking the pump and gasket is the answer? Or should I just pay the Mercury dealer $250.00 and get the job done right? I can get the aftermarket pump from NAPA for $55.00 again. It's not such a hard job. Just frustrating it won't stay fixed.


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Hmm... I wouldn't take it to the dealer. I am not sure why yours is leaking, but I did not have to soak mine and it doesn't leak a drop. I have never heard of soaking it in coolant for 24 hours... has anyone else heard of this?!?!

Sorry I'm not much of a help, but maybe there is damage to the surface on the engine where the water pump touches?



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Would a bad belt tensioner cause the water pump bearing to fail in less than a week? My nephew thought the belt tensioner moved too easily. We could move it and take the belt off by hand. It seems to run true, no wobble or jumping when car is running. We couldn't find the tensioner on a Sunday so I gambled and used the old tensioner. I also noticed today that the car starts missing at about 3,800 RPM and won't rev beyond 4,000 RPMs. I don't need to rev that far but am worried it may be a sign of a bad head gasket. I noticed a little water coming from the exaust, no sign of water in oil or oil in coolant, yet. Am I getting paranoid?


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Originally posted by Bill1:
Am I getting paranoid?





Probally, the belt tensioner doesn't apply much tension to the small fine water pump belt. That is just how it is. As far as I know, the water pump belt won't cause your car to miss or not rev past 4 grand. You could have a fuel problem. Get your fuel pressure tested.


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And by the way... the water coming from your exhaust is probally condinsation. Don't fret over it!


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The tensioner can be moved by hand so thats fine. I would pull it and check the mating surface very good. Make sure there isnt anything preventing a good seal. BTW change the belt if there appears to be any cracking or exposed/frayed threads. HTH
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Thanks guys. I already changed the belt. Replaced the old belt with a Gatorbelt. The old belt was cracked. The car runs and drives so nice, I'm really bummed the water pump keeps dripping. I went outside late last night and retensioned the bolts on the pump. I got a good full turn on all 8. I'm gonna take it out for a drive this morning and see if that helped.


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It's still dripping from the bottom of the pump. DAMN. Gonna run it for a week or two and see if it gets worse. Then I'll most likely have Jack Demmer Mercury in Dearborn flush the system and fix the pump for me, only about $500.00. I think I'll get the whole pump, tensioner and hoses for that price.


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Heck, the whole car is hardly worth that....

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Did anyone recommend a thorough backflush to ensure removal of possible pieces of broken impellar?

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Originally posted by Bill1:
It's still dripping from the bottom of the pump. DAMN. Gonna run it for a week or two and see if it gets worse. Then I'll most likely have Jack Demmer Mercury in Dearborn flush the system and fix the pump for me, only about $500.00. I think I'll get the whole pump, tensioner and hoses for that price.




If you did not replace the bolts with new ones when you replaced the WP, that could be the problem. While most on this site state that it is not necessary to replace the bolts when doing the R and R (and do not have problems with their WP R and R), Ford's specific instructions on the CD Manual are to replace the bolts as they are torque-to-yield.


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