KE70 Water Pump

[RObErT_RaTh]

Hey guys, the other day while cruising about, my heater hose burst coz the outlet on the water pump was corroded and sharp, so i swapped my water pumps with one fromanother engine i had, and i made my own gasket and cleaned the surfaces and all that and put it back on the car and filled with water.. it leaked, at first i thought it was the gasket so i got some silicone and made myself a gasket with that... it still leaked, so i had a look at where it was leaking from and there was a random hole on the pump, which it was trickling out of, but this hole was on all my water pumps,

my question is, what are these holes for, because i sealed over the bottom one only to find that it now leakes out the top as well,

WTF??

i need to know if it matters if these holes are sealed or not, like what is the normal occurence for this water pump??

[corolla_kid]

they are weep holes, basically when your water pump is fucked it will leak here, no they r not suposed to be blocked up, all cars waterpumps have them.

[RObErT_RaTh]

they are weep holes, basically when your water pump is fucked it will leak here, no they r not suposed to be blocked up, all cars waterpumps have them.[/b]

cheers, i knew they were meant to be ther and all that, but i didnt exactly know what they were for but then i kind of figured that it shouldnt be leaking from there in the first place so i quickly realised that it was fubarred, plus some of the fellas from SD.com told me that as well