Can I replace Water pump's Seal only?

A car is seeping tiny coolant through water pump's seeping hole.
A manual indicts seeping coolant sign of a default water pump.
What is the default water pump? Water pump is made up of meter
part and rubber's seal. I believe that the problem is a bad seal not
bad bad metal part. Can I just replace only seal?

 

If this water pump is like any I have dealt with, it also has a pair of ball
bearings. If the seal is leaking, then these bearing would have had coolant
inside the bearing..

This is the reason that it is normal practice to replace the complete pump
rather than repair the bearings and seal.

It also takes a good hydraulic press the remove the shaft and bearing
assembly for replacement of the seal and bearings.

 

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No, the coolant has started to destroy the bearing by now, when the
bearing siezes up, you destroy the timing belt, which destroys the
motor. You also risk overheating in the meantime.

It might be time to replace the timing belt at the same time unless it's
been done recently, since you're in there.

'Curly'

 

AFAIK... no. its all pressed together and fitted to high tolerances. and
get OEM, shouldnt be more than $40 or so.

 

The bearing is probably bad, which is why the seal went bad too. When you
get a rebuilt pump, all they do is change the bearing. If you have the right
tools and access to the parts, then you could do it yourself.

 

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Don't encourage him . . It's worth the price of an engine if he screws
it up.

'Curly'

 

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Don't encourage him . . It's worth the price of an engine if he screws
it up.

'Curly'

 

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Don't encourage him . . It's worth the price of an engine if he screws
it up.

'Curly'

 

Yeah I think so. Water pump is just made up of metal part and the
bearing part.
I guess they just replace bearing and refurnish it to make new. I want
to do the
WP but I don't know about Time Belt thing.

 

It's 16 years old car.

 

of course you can replace the seal. it's easy. all you do is buy a new
one. then, dissolve the pump's alloy housing in concentrated sodium
hydroxide, cut the impeller from the shaft, pull off the seal, fit the
new one, dessicate your hydroxide solution, pyrolize the salts, melt
with cryolite, electrolyze, alloy, cast, machine, insert shaft &
bearings, electon beam weld the shaft back together, and hey presto,
you've fitted a new seal. or you can buy a pump for $45 at
chinacarpartmart.

and whatever you do, don't touch the timing belt. they have a nasty
habit of spontaneously combusting unless you whistle a certain frank
sinatra tune while loosening the tensioner. only special secret society
members that know the handshake can ever know the tune. or you can pay
your local shop to take care of the matter for you. red cloud, i'd go
for the latter if i were you, just to be safe...