Water pump!!

[Gixxer916]

Has anyone got a video or point me in the direction of one... maybe be willing to take one???

I’m after a video (specifically the sound) of a healthy electric water pump on a n52.

All I need is the sound of a healthy pump when in bleed mode; e.g heater on full fan on min and accelerator pressed for 15 seconds. This puts the pump into a pulsing mode.

The pump is by the drivers side front of the engine bay and you should here a quiet pulsing.

Would really help my diagnosis before buying one please.

Much appreciated,
Jay

[Smartbear]

Has anyone got a video or point me in the direction of one... maybe be willing to take one???

I’m after a video (specifically the sound) of a healthy electric water pump on a n52.

All I need is the sound of a healthy pump when in bleed mode; e.g heater on full fan on min and accelerator pressed for 15 seconds. This puts the pump into a pulsing mode.

The pump is by the drivers side front of the engine bay and you should here a quiet pulsing.

Would really help my diagnosis before buying one please.

Much appreciated,
Jay

Is your car overheating or do you hear the fan revving/pulsing with a cold engine?
Rob

[Gixxer916]

Hi mate overheated... well nearly.

Shut it off before any damage could occur. Upon inspection. I can’t see coolant return as I would expect when in bleed setting of the electric pump. But can hear a very faint pulse from the pump, therefore wanted to compare sound vs a good one.

Jay

[Gixxer916]

Tbh there was a bit of fan Erving whilst engine was cold?

[Mr Tidy]

When the pump died on my 1st Coupe it got too hot within a mile of leaving a petrol station.

I tried the bleed procedure and could hear some activity, but when I got it to my Indy it was showing a fault code for the pump.

So getting the codes read is probably the best place to start.

[Gixxer916]

Thanks mate,
I’ve read the codes and nothing untoward.

Ordered one tonight anyway

Genuine pierberg and thermostat from carparts4less £311 delivered.

Couldn’t be bothered to shop around- seemed reasonable enough.plus any issues I can take them back to eurocarparts.

Fingers crossed.

[Mr Tidy]

Well being electric I suppose an intermittent fault is possible, but at that point failure is just a matter of when - not if!

Replacing it sounds like a good plan, and that's a pretty good price too.

[Smartbear]

Tbh there was a bit of fan Erving whilst engine was cold?

That’s what mine did when it was on its last legs, a scan revealed “implausible pump speed” though.
I still had coolant flow through the header tank but it must have been below par, I’d get it changed
Rob

[Gixxer916]

Yea, provided it arrives in time I’ll chuck it on this weekend

[Gixxer916]

All buttoned back up and running nice and cool

Definitely another failed water pump for the forum!

[Smartbear]

All buttoned back up and running nice and cool

Definitely another failed water pump for the forum!

How many miles had your car covered out of interest?
Rob

[Gixxer916]

76k to date. To be fair I don’t use it much... typically it failed on the way back from silverstone for the f1!! Never happens when you are just around the corner does it!

[Mr Tidy]

76K sounds pretty good - mine went at 60K.

But luckily it was December and I was only 4 or 5 miles from home, so it got me there!

Good to hear yours is now sorted.

[AveZ4coop]

Mine went at 101k!! I should have listened to the Forum and changed it sooner.

[adam1985]

Glad you got sorted, i just changed mine a couple of weeks ago, preemptive maintenance, although my coupe is only on 47k i keep hearing these stories
Plus was wondering if there is also an age effect and it was 12 years old