On 4/30/2011 10:35 PM, Ross Kuhns wrote:
Thanks for keeping us informed Bruce; wow, never seen it on a miata before.
Was it the original pump? what year?
Not sure, but looks oem. Vehicle is a 1994. I had the
timing belt done in Spring 2001. Might have been replaced
then. I can't find the original paperwork.
How was the maint. history? (coolant had been changed regularily)
Maintenance relatively up to date, except apparently coolant
changes :(
Got to crack the whip on the owner, eh, myself...
Irony of this is that my other car, a 2002 WRX, is starting
to weep coolant - got to get that one fixed. I'll pay
someone for that. Like the miata, that means timing belt,
although, from what I heard, the subaru boxer engines, are
interference engines. I don't have time to mess with that
on a daily driver.
-Bruce
Congrats on fixing it,
Ross
On Apr 30, 2011, at 9:39 PM, Bruce Labitt wrote:
Partial post-mortem on my overheating issue.
Pulled the water-pump. Impeller blades were no longer visible :-P
They had rusted/rotted off. There was nothing much there to pump/push water.
Sure surprised me. So it really WAS the water pump.
New pump in. New pump clearly has an impeller! Putting everything back
together again. Need an o-ring for the thermostat housing to head junction.
After all the work, (not really hard) I am NOT going to reuse the old o-ring!
-Bruce
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