Date:         Sat, 17 Oct 1998 19:09:35 -0700
Reply-To:     Earl Smith <earlsmit@ISLANDNET.COM>
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From:         Earl Smith <earlsmit@ISLANDNET.COM>
Subject:      Water pumps
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I have just finished flushing the cooling system and replacing the coolant.
Of course, when I started the engine the water pump began whining for the
first time!  I was advised by a friend in the recycling business - who
refused to sell me a used pump - to buy a dealer's pump and not an
aftermarket product.  He says the system is too stressed to rely on some
unknown manufacturer producing a pump that can move the coolant 24 ft from
the engine to the rad and back.  What is the experience out there?

Earl from Sunny Sooke
84 ex-California Vanagon

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