P38A V8 Water Pump Choice

Apart from the obvious "don't buy the first two" and the silly money LR pump, which of these would you go for ?

Mine is starting to weep out the little hole but hopefully ok for a few days.

or this one from Islan-4x4:

Britpart 2 year warranty and keep the receipt

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I went for the airtex one from Island. It works, not had a problem with it so far

pwood999 said:

Apart from the obvious "don't buy the first two" and the silly money LR pump, which of these would you go for ?

Mine is starting to weep out the little hole but hopefully ok for a few days.

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BGA used to be decent but I doubt it is the same firm now.

pwood999 said:

or this one from Islan-4x4:

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I'd go for the meyle unit.
QUINTON HAZELL QCP3417.
VALEO 506829. Two others for you

There are only three pumps worth the time and effort to fit.

1). Airtex
2). Airtex
And if you can get one of these two, then
3). Airtex.

Went for the Britpart one with 2 year warranty for now. Easy enough to change, so will see how it goes.

I thought the main consideration was, make sure it has a metal impeller.

V8 water pump Meyle #STC4378 or a Dayco #DP867. Just sayin…

aj1954 said:

I thought the main consideration was, make sure it has a metal impeller.

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On the oil burner, yes.

Airtex

So got the Britpart one with 2 year warranty. Seems quite good quality & has the metal impeller, but time will tell. Fitted this morning, with no hassles except grazed my thumb on the radiator cowl.

An unknown brand of water pump fitted by a garage a couple of years ago failed a few months ago. It looked like the bearings failed as the vanes of the impeller had gouged out the innards of the pump before digging in & jamming tight leading to a snapped serpentine belt. I was in France when this happened & ordered a medium priced Britpart pump from the excellent https://www.rld-autos.com/fr/ I have now decided that I need to replace my viscous fan coupling so as I was going to mucking about in the area that I would fit an Airtex pump as this is the one that everyone recommends. I have just had the Airtex water pump delivered & it seems to be considerably heavier than the Britpart pump with heavier gauge metal for the vanes of the impeller. When I get round to fitting the Airtex pump I shall have take some photos to compare the pumps.

pwood999 said:

or this one from Islan-4x4:

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That pump looks to good to use.
I replaced my Discos STC4379G pump at £52.00 including vat and delivery, from Stratton LR parts on eBay, that was back in 2012 due to the pumps bearing falling, at only 41324 miles… so much for LR genuine parts.
The replacement pump had the roughish alloy casting finish so a bit of rubbing down was required so the hose would slid on easer also the impeller fitted is metal.

The pump bearing fail was due I believe to the viscous coupling’s fan wobble found to be slight when removing, so the coupling was also replaced, with also replacing the coolant made for a nice Saturday morning job, and still the only mechanical issue with the engine in its 24 years.