The WATER PUMP bearings are rougher-running than the alternator bearings were! I pulled the car into my garage to check the gear oil. The leak is apparently pretty small, because the little bit of oil I put in the other day on my sloping driveway, came running right back out again when the fill plug came out. Oh well. That's good news I guess. That the transaxle was just about full of oil, means the axle seal leak isn't too bad.
Then I pulled the alternator/water pump belt off. Spin the new alternator . . . hmm, that sounds ok. Spin the water pump . . .
The alternator on a Hyundai RD platform car practically removes itself compared to the amount of effort that has to go into replacing a water pump.
Great.
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