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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: Henchman on November 21, 2010, 06:15:59 pm
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Changed out my waterpump this weekend (along with lots of other stuff). Just a quick video of the play/wobble in the shaft. It only started leaking last week, but got worse everyday. The impeller had walked about 1/4" off the shaft at this point.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn7ibX0lQGg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn7ibX0lQGg)
Ian
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did you replace the inner only or a complete assy ( housing )
I hope you did the thermostat while there and fresh G12 plus ?
GB
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Wow, did it leak? I just changed my 2 year old water pump that wasn't quite that loose, I noticed it way early in the summer but didn't get a chance to replace it. It hardly got any worse after I fist noticed it.
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I replaced just the pump, not the housing. I was going to create a complete assembly because I have many spare bodies and seal it up ouside the vehicle, but that is a lot more labour intensive. Thermostat with 1/4 bypass install mid summer. I always use omni-coolant in the vw. I was surprise at how clean the inside of the pump was! No scum or deposits. I always mix with distilled water, so maybe that makes a difference.
Oil on the other hand I always use spec.
Ian
did you replace the inner only or a complete assy ( housing )
I hope you did the thermostat while there and fresh G12 plus ?
GB