maxhouse wrote:20 views and no replies... should i take that as no-one had heard of the 'bedding in' before and I should just replace the seal??

Knowing the water pump seal can be problematic, i thought someone might have a POV one way or the other?
(exact same seal in my CRM250 and they can cause cause issues too)

Any thoughts welcome.

Even if just ti tell me stop talking nonsense!

Here a view and replie.

I changed my mechanical seal on my mc16 because it was leaking to, the same way as it came out,and its was leaking again.
The problem was the first owner installed it not correctly,placed the seals in the good direction and the leaking was gone, not a single drop .
And bedding in its possible but it looks to me as a ferrytale, but thats my opinion