Can’t quite put a finger on it….

[aniwack]

Bike came in leaking all over the place from the water pump cover. The “dealer” used epoxy to seal AROUND the cover to ‘contain’ the leak.

I can’t quite put a finger on what the issue is….

 

[Obo]

I'm sure it's obvious to a trained professional but I'm just a monkey man.

Do tell please.

 

[aniwack]

What water pump seal/?

It gone.

 

[SMSW]

I thought you removed it. Dumb dealer, he should have known that a hammer fixes everything.

 

[JohnK]

Obvious no seal to finger let alone the track is all gunked up. Shows the level of ignorance of the dealers tech pool.

 

[Igofar]

Welcome to my world

 

[ToddC]

What oring.........

 

[DannoXYZ]

wow….

 

[SomersID]

And even if there had been a seal in the groove was it the water pump leaking anyway?

 

[SomersID]

The drainage hole at the top of the engine 'V' drains down from the top of the water pump casing around the outside of the seal down the small square hole to the side of the impeller hose . Coolant hoses leaking into the "V' possibly. Only telling you this to avoid an unneccesary replacement of the pump itself.

 

[spiderman302]

I see the oring on the very left side of the picture.......

 

[diferg]

Great quality work the epoxy looks very evenly applied (except for overflow into oring groove) . I think the dealer forgot to "vigorously "DESTRESS" (OR IS IT DISTRESS?) pump after reassembly! @SMSW had the correct idea. If you hit it hard enough long enough with a big enough hammer, it will no longer need FIXIN!

 

[aniwack]

I see the oring on the very left side of the picture.......

That's from the aftermarket DIY gasket.

 

[motornut]

They should know better, only duct tape silicone and zip ties should be used. epoxy makes it difficult to remove and reapply when you bring it back. Or as some say the repair is just enough to get you far enough away to not bring it back.