My old 2 wheel 86 Vanagon had the same thing happen, at 55,000 miles. The motor had about 1/4 inch ground out of it. I cleaned out what I could see, and put a new water pump on. It ran for 7 more years without any other problems until I sold it. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Vernon Craddock wrote: > Hello again, > > Thanks to all for the feedback on water pump changing. Well, I decided to > replace the water pump myself. So far, it has been pretty easy, just > messy. Anyway, I pulled the old pump out and it was really trashed. I > guess I found the cause of the mysterious rattle I have been hearing. The > impeller has about 1/8" play in it and has not only ground off part of the > pump, but ground about 1mm off of the block. I suspect that the 1mm off > will not help efficiency, but should not be a serious problem. My concern > is the obvious amount of metal filings present in the coolant around the > pump. Is there a good way to flush this out? Are there any nice magnetic > plugs in there to collect filings like this? > > Please respond directly as my new job has required me to unsubscribe. > > Thanks in advance, > Vernon Craddock > Vernon@Craddock.Com > > 1990 Standard Vanagon > |
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