Replace high mileage coolant pump prior failure ? ... and some other 3-letter stuff (IMS etc) Indybox - 7 years ago |
Re: Replace high mileage coolant pump prior failure ? ... and some other 3-letter stuff (IMS etc) Indybox - 7 years ago |
Re: Replace high mileage coolant pump prior failure ? ... and some other 3-letter stuff (IMS etc) MarcW - 7 years ago |
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PS: Not sure if an impeller vane break up would necessarily result in external leakage ... noise perhaps. Don't think there can be much forewarning of local overheating of the engine due to coolant passage blockage by vane fragments. The other aspect of car reliability that concerns me is age related (18 years) as opposed to the relatively low 85K miles. I was pleasantly surprised when we managed to drive to the PCA parade in Indiana in 2015 from Quebec without a hiccup. Then, last autumn, I drove to Virginia and back without any issues. I must be tempting fate by writing this!
Re: Replace high mileage coolant pump prior failure ? ... and some other 3-letter stuff (IMS etc) DanStub - 7 years ago |
Re: Replace high mileage coolant pump prior failure ? ... and some other 3-letter stuff (IMS etc) Larry Nakamura - 7 years ago |
Re: Replace high mileage coolant pump prior failure ? ... and some other 3-letter stuff (IMS etc) MarcW - 7 years ago |
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Can you not get a metal impeller water for the Boxster? I had a plastic impeller water pump
go bad on my other car. GM updated the part from a metal one to a plastic one. I think the impeller
didn't break apart, but was slipping on the shaft. Anyway, I replaced it with a metal impeller one
and don't have to worry about blades breaking off and causing blockage. I would like to do the
same on my 2001S when I go to change it. Didn't everyone change to a plastic impeller because
of manufacturing costs?
Methinks I'll leave well enough alone ... Indybox - 7 years ago |