Why is my pump leaking?

Well I'm still having problems posting pics with my Tapatalk update. The gasket material changed from the original. I found a new schematic Russ sent me that does show the new order of the washers and it is a little different from the original. It looks like they reversed the order of the ribbed and cupped parts but still have the flat washer on top.
 
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This is how original came out. Now they show the cupped washer flipped over in the middle. And its now black rubber material. My old one was a fiber material.
 
$100! And you get a handful of plastic and imitation leather washers.
 
I got the seals in right and every thing back together. Good pressure and no leaks. Also changed my pump oil and motor oil. The pump oil did have some water in it. Would that have been from the bad packing? Plungers were not cracked.
 
Pat Norman said:
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This is how original came out. Now they show the cupped washer flipped over in the middle. And its now black rubber material. My old one was a fiber material.
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Hey Pat, did you get the whole packing with brass? Or just the seals? I might have to do this too. Is everything included? or do you re-use some parts?
 
Pat Norman said:
I got the seals in right and every thing back together. Good pressure and no leaks. Also changed my pump oil and motor oil. The pump oil did have some water in it. Would that have been from the bad packing? Plungers were not cracked.
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I think there is a space between the head and the case on that pump so unlikely water could have got into the oil from a dripping packing. Maybe just condensation.
 
What you perceive as a drip from under the head of the pump is actually a hair thin jet of high pressure water blasting straight back from the manifold. It can very well hit the oil seal lip and force its way past and into the oil. Once the jet hits something else in the cavity, it becomes drips.
 
Russ Johnson said:
What you perceive as a drip from under the head of the pump is actually a hair thin jet of high pressure water blasting straight back from the manifold. It can very well hit the oil seal lip and force its way past and into the oil. Once the jet hits something else in the cavity, it becomes drips.
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I found that information from a troubleshooting pdf for general pump. If that happens Russ, do you have to change the oil seals too? I still have a cat pump that had milky oil.(the one I couldn't get the gearbox off of)
 
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