I was installing my Meziere eH2O pump last night and ran into a snag. I had the pump all wired in and installed and then went to test if it worked. I turned the key to On and my brother noticed the pump was leaking. We took a closer look at the pump and found that part of the gasket/o-ring sticking out around the pump. :shock: Apparently, the gasket had gotten caught while installing the pump. Once I took the pump out, I found out that I had crushed the gasket and cut it into two pieces. I have emailed Meziere to find out if they can send a replacement gasket, but until then, I reinstalled the factory pump.



Since I was also installing the UD pullies at the same time, I had already bought a smaller belt. I now have the Steeda harmonic balancer, stock pump with stock pulley and the 99.5" belt. I didn't think it was worth installing the Steeda water pump pulley for such a short time since I plan to see if I can sell it. With this setup, I'll probably only see about half the power increase since the water pump pulley is stock, although I still have yet to take a test drive.

BTW, I guess I'm not as smooth as Don (who is?). :worship: When swapping pumps, I tried doing the quick change to minimize coolant loss. We had a little bit of a tough time getting it lined up (both times) and lost probably a half gallon or more of coolant. Hopefully next time will be smoother.

 

Man, that's a bummer. Did you grease that O-ring first?

 

i don't know if it's a good idea to run it with the steeda ud pulley and the stock water pump pulley

 

Sorry to hear your troubles...At least you noticed the leak before you strarted driving your Pony... :bang:

 

I forgot to mention that. Yes, I did grease it, so I don't know why it would have gotten caught while pushing it in.

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I don't know why it would cause any problems. Basically, the bigger water pump pulley is included with the kit to both underdrive the water pump more (to save on parasitic drag) and to allow you to keep the stock belt. Since I already had the smaller belt for the Meziere, it should work fine. The water pump is now slightly slower than stock (because of the smaller crank pulley), but slightly faster than it would be with the Steeda pulley. I'm no expert, but it doesn't seem like that should cause a problem. Please let me know if I am mistaken since I don't want to break my Stang.

-TRB

 

Good point. It was a pretty significant leak so I probably would have been out of coolant by the time I got to work tomorrow. :shock:

-TRB

 

Actually now that I think about it, your water pump is spinning faster, so I guess that's good but long term probably kills it.

 

It's still slower than stock, though, because of the smaller crank pulley so I don't think it would cause any problems. But, I don't plan to keep it this way long... only until I can get a new o-ring.

-TRB

 

actually i'm an idiot, forget what i said, it turns slower

 

Its ok dustin, we knew that.

I mean that it turns slower, not about you being an idiot.

 

Well heres a hint from when I would do water pumps. Brown Gasket adhesive made for antifreeze gaskets etc. or monkey snot. You put a little on oring or gasket, push into place, and unless you really hit it hard the oring will stay in place. Usually used it for thermostat housings gaskets as well. Good luck

P.S. If you go to a goot auto parts store, a real auto parts store they can probably match that oring up. I used to go to the auto parts warehouse and match things like that up.

 

Good suggestion on the auto parts store. I'll probably try NAPA and see if they have a similar o-ring.

-TRB

 

Go to any Ford dealer. All mod motors from 96 and up have the same o-ring I believe.
Scott

 

Thanks for the heads up, I'll be installing mine pretty soon.