Water Pump

Hi Guys
My water pump sounds as if it is going to pack up. Have been told that to
change it could a pig to do, ie bolts sheer of. Any advice would be
very welcome.

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Ted Taylor wrote:
> Hi Guys
> My water pump sounds as if it is going to pack up.
What on ?

Steve

Hi
It is on a 1984 S3 ex military 109 FFR. 50,000Kms it is rattling like
a baby's rattle.

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Ted Taylor wrote:
> Hi
> It is on a 1984 S3 ex military 109 FFR. 50,000Kms it is rattling like
> a baby's rattle.

Shaft bearings will have gone. Leaking at the gland yet?

If you slacken the belt(s) you should be able to diagnose it properly.

Breaking studs is always a possibility but this one's probably no worse
than any other. It's not a particularly bad job to do.

One thing that you may need to watch out for - it was an issue with the
IIA but may have been eliminated with the III - is that the military
water pump housing is not the same as the civilian one. I think it had
one more bolt. I found myself stripping the shaft out of civvy pumps to
rebuild my military one.

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Dougal <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote:

> Ted Taylor wrote:
> > Hi
> > It is on a 1984 S3 ex military 109 FFR. 50,000Kms it is rattling like
> > a baby's rattle.
>
> Shaft bearings will have gone. Leaking at the gland yet?
>
> If you slacken the belt(s) you should be able to diagnose it properly.
>
> Breaking studs is always a possibility but this one's probably no worse
> than any other. It's not a particularly bad job to do.
>
> One thing that you may need to watch out for - it was an issue with the
> IIA but may have been eliminated with the III - is that the military
> water pump housing is not the same as the civilian one. I think it had
> one more bolt. I found myself stripping the shaft out of civvy pumps to
> rebuild my military one.

RTC6327 7 Hole Military Water Pump Series

Richard

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