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urban_legend · 08-05-2009, 07:30 PM

I thought I would post a photo of this. Odd thing to me was that there was no leak or squeak or any other warning. Just on a return 30 mile highway trip a pinging or knock on start-up that had not been there before. Like the old bad gas commercials.

Then 15 miles down the road a thump and that was it. Pump shaft broke and the s-belt flew off.

For the record, 92 k miles and no (that I know of) prior work on the cooling system. Original pump and green coolant. S-belt had been recently replaced with a gatorbelt.

08-05-2009, 07:30 PM	#1
urban_legend Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 287	Waterpump go bye bye I thought I would post a photo of this. Odd thing to me was that there was no leak or squeak or any other warning. Just on a return 30 mile highway trip a pinging or knock on start-up that had not been there before. Like the old bad gas commercials. Then 15 miles down the road a thump and that was it. Pump shaft broke and the s-belt flew off. For the record, 92 k miles and no (that I know of) prior work on the cooling system. Original pump and green coolant. S-belt had been recently replaced with a gatorbelt.