Water pump!!

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Gixxer916

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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
 
Gixxer916 said:
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
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Is your car overheating or do you hear the fan revving/pulsing with a cold engine? :?
Rob
 
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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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. :thumbsup:
 
Gixxer916 said:
Tbh there was a bit of fan Erving whilst engine was cold?
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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
 
All buttoned back up and running nice and cool😎

Definitely another failed water pump for the forum!
 

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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! :|
 
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. :thumbsup:
 
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 :o
Plus was wondering if there is also an age effect and it was 12 years old
 
Yea it’s very easy to Change (at home on the driveway)... realistically about an hour with a thermostat I would say.
 
Care to run through a quick guide for the benefit of the forum? Took any pics you could share?
 
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