I had an aftermarket one from a popular vendor that sounded like a coffee grinder as soon as it was installed. The vendor was very good and gave a full refund and I went with a genuine Mazda pump which seems fine. Doing two waterpump swaps back to back was a pain though.
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Luis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So I returned from a 2-day track event with my 92 only to discover that I am > losing coolant at a significant rate. > > > > I pressurized the cooling system when the car cooled off and at 5 lbs it was > already running off the front of the oil pan. Am I correct to presume that > my water pump failed? It is that or a gasket failed. I think. > > > > Here is the weird thing: I installed the water pump only 7k miles ago. I > checked the belt tension per the factory manual and it appears to be > correct. (It is hard to accurately gauge 22 lbs load on the belt but I > calibrated my thumb on the bathroom scale first). > > > > The car gets driven to the track and back so about ¼ of the miles are actual > track miles. > > > > Have any others had similar experiences with failed pumps? (The pump was > purchased from a reputable vendor) > > > > Thanks, > > Luis > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
