moose Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 afternoon all, The bearing on my 200tdi water pump has just gone and has left my sitting at work waiting to be recovered home.. where my tools are Now the pumps only been on for 9(ish) months and i cant of done more than 2000 miles... I cant remember what make this pump was but it looked good.... brass impeller etc.. So any else had problems with water pumps giving a short life span? is there a make thats seems to last longer or shorter? i guess i could be doing my alternator belt up to much .... thanks for any input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 cheap ones can be good and can be sh&te - genuine ones are usually a safe bet though I have heard of County ones that leaked straight away when they were put on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 I put on a Britpart one and it lasted 5 months. put on a genuine LR one and its been on for a few years now. Whats the bet it starts to leak next week !!! wizard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orgasmic Farmer Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Ho ho, I sympathise with you completely. I have 2 200 tdi Dsico on the go at the mo and BOTH have just blown their water pumps within days of each other. One has a nearly new pump on it of unknown provenance. The other is, as far as I know, original. Where is the best place to get OEM replacements? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Been there done that with a Britpart one on the V8, lasted a few months and maybe ~2k miles. I've got a non-gen one on the 4.6 but my Plan B is to use an electric one if/when it dies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithjh Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 I put on a Britpart one and it lasted 5 months. put on a genuine LR one and its been on for a few years now.Whats the bet it starts to leak next week !!! wizard Absolutely Britparts ones are sh--e, mine lasted 3 weeks on the 200tdi, learnt after that now only use origonal parts for many things, bearings, timing belts water pumps etc Regards Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintman Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Some years ago the water pump on my RRC failed, so fitted a replacement. Which started to leak as soon as the engine warmed up. Took it back, got another one which did exactly the same! Took it back got refund got one elsewhere & that was fine. Possible faulty batch? It does happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose Posted July 11, 2007 Author Share Posted July 11, 2007 Got and fitted a 50 quid pump from the local land rover parts place.... It looks a little different to the old one lets hope it last longer thanks for the input........... clad to see it doesn't just happen to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeagent Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 had a britpart one on my 300Tdi that lasted 11 days.... i don't know how they get away with selling the carp they do......... don't touch Britpart stuff thesedays... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAttrill Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Some of their stuff is Ok.... but not their 110 front brake caliper kits which don't fit. Or their V8 cam pulleys which are amazingly wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orgasmic Farmer Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Well I got 2 Bearmach ones for £20 each. They look completely different qualtiy. Definately 2 different manufacturers. I will let you know how they get on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAttrill Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 One made in Bangalore and the other in Shanghai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason2 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Changed mine (£21,Paddocks) 6 months ago as a precautionary measure whilst changing cam belt etc.... Bloody think exploded last Friday sending the fins into the alu housing and wearing a circular hole,dumping coolant ever where, managed to get home with a 20litres jerry can of water.Luckily I had kept the old one which I put back on-Not happy though as it could have happened in the middle of Spain next week!!!!! Whilst on the subject any one got a top tip for undoing engine block drain plug on a 300tdi???????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAttrill Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 "Whilst on the subject any one got a top tip for undoing engine block drain plug on a 300tdi????????" You'll never get it off without removing the turbo and downpipe. I have tried a few times and always given up. When I change the coolant I have to leave it in, which isn't the best as I can't drain the engine properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason2 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Cheers Jim! I took one look at it and thought "Sod that for a game of soldiers" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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