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Re: Mercruiser 470 Water Pump Seal Leak
I am thinking the same that the cover could be warped. I will try to grab that cover off of ebay and try it. I inspected the cover for cracks in direct sunlight and I don't see anything. Plus all three time it did not leak until the second trip out...
Last winter I rebuilt my Mercruiser 470, sent the cam to a cam shop where they welded up the groves where the water pump seal rides and ground it back down. Not knowing if they got the hardness right I put a speedi sleeve on it just to be safe. After one or two tanks of fuel I was getting...
