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Old 07-19-2013, 07:01 AM   #8
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sound like a good question to me but Flat6 have posted here that none are really long-lasting and should be tossed out regardless of mileage every THREE YEARS. I recall something along the lines that building a stout one from billet would be the only way to make a superior one but that the price point is too high. It seems that the market will always underestimate the key role of the wp in engine failures. Probably because so few actual deal with these post mortem, if you visit a Porsche dealer they'll tell you Porsche engines never fail.

The thing tha stuck with me was that Raby said that had everyone changed their water pumps at the 3 year interval they wouldn't be in the m96 tearing apart business. My take on that was that IMSB is overblown and putting off wp replacements under-discussesd.

In other words, buy'em by the dozen...and not off the back of a truck.
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