You must have an 84 single groove pulley? the other one won't bent! If you have an single groove pulley, that can happen but you will see it wave/move. If not an 84, and if it's a tripple groove one... search elsewhere. Vanagon water pump will go out of order pretty fast if: -After market carp -to tight, i mean it, this one should be a loose a possible (belt) -Bad mixture of coolant, yea! By an HEPU or a Graft, make sure the belt is loose.
On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:32:48 -0500, Geza Polony <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote: >Folks, > >I'm thinking that a warped crankshaft pulley is causing premature failure of >my water pumps, which only seem to last around 15K miles or so before they >start screeching at me. Has anybody dealt with this before? Is it a real >nightmare to change the drive pulley in the car, with that 258 ft.lbs of >torque Bentley calls for? How do these things get warped to begin with? > >Thanks-- |
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