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			FWIF when I replaced mine a couple of weekends ago, my faile pump looked similar to yours, maybe just a little bit less impeller damage.  Mine started to leak and then I got some slight chirping noise before i shut it down after about a 2 mile drive home. 
 
I didn't even take a close look at the impeller until after I got the new one back in.  No bits in the old coolant and I didn't back flush. 
 
If I had to do it again, I would back flush, espacially the the engine a couple of times.  But I don't know what the procedure is.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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				Current car 
 
2000 Boxster 2.7l  red/black 
 
Previous cars 
 
1973 Opel Manta 
1969(?) Fiat 850 Convertible 
1979 Lancia Beta Coupe 
1981 Alfa Romeo GTV 6 
1985 Alfa Romeo Graduate 
1985 Porsche 944 
1989 Porsche 944 
1981 Triumph TR7 
1989 (?) Alfa Romeo Milano 
1993 Saab 9000
			 
		
		
		
		
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