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Old 09-02-2012, 08:40 AM
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Hmm.

If it's weeping from the water pump hole, it's the seal gone bad. It washes the grease from the bearing shortly thereafter.

Be careful with picking the correct gasket, as Ford has more than one water pump gasket shape, depending on which of 4 or 5 timing covers might have been used on that motor. They are not all the same.

Tightening the water pump bolts is a matter of mechanical skill. The design has been around for decades, millions of owners have done it without difficulty. If anything, the long bolt on the extreme outside of the pump needs to be completely lubricated if an aluminum pump body is used, to prevent corrosion. Electrolysis is a problem when it is on the motor for 100k miles.

Since you can't give a counterperson the make, year, model of what timing cover and water pump was used, it will likely be helpful to 1) ask Roush what they used, or 2) take the pump and remaining gasket fragments to match it.

Is it V belt or Serpentine? The pumps rotate opposite each other, check carefully.
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