How do LS1 waterpumps normally die

[savage1987]

LS1 water pump shat today, absolutely pissing out coolant. Unsure if gasket or something else.. what's the usual way these things pop?

Need her running again tonight, got 2.5hrs to do the job once I take into account travel time to get parts....


cheers
sam

[ReaperSS]

Pretty sure the leaking is a sign. Mine started leaking a while back then stopped. Been ok now for a while so i have left it

[savage1987]

I know it's a sign of something, I was more asking do they shit gaskets or the internal pump seals..

found some shit about the weep hole on the internets but duno where to look??

any tips on getting a replacement pump? if I can get one for a reasonable price (i hear genuine are bullshit expensive?) I may just grab one.

going to rip this one apart now and see if it tells a story.

[H1GHROLLR]

throw away job mate ! done 2 now , if you leave it it will lock up and snap belts ! , seen the stato getting tuned at mitchs yesterday , wow that mail order tune you got was soooo pooo , made 260rwhp lol

[savage1987]

the bearing in pump is beautiful, but there's corrosion inside it from where it sat at shane's under a tarp for 3.5 yrs :p

so yeah junk to me, not happy with it so getting a new one from veales now




LOL STATO WTF!

same tune running in the VN!! gona be epic once mitch fixes it!! :D

[Tre-Cool]

personally can't say. never had one break. they do obviously run gaskets either side of the pump.

[matty12]

its normally the seal on the pump shaft, you really cant see the hole coz the pulley so fuckn big. Piece of piss to replace.

[savage1987]

just done a new pump

rang veales midland, they had one there.

drove to them

while i was driving they sold it.





had to go to fucking welshpool to get one, therefore missing a rendezvous i had tonight in the city. fan fucking tastic.

[[FL0SSIN]]

my mates went the other week, no one in perth had the pump so he had to get a 6ltr one and adaptor, bearing shat its self and put a hole in his though

[Dan.]

With the price of them I hope I never have to do mine again in the grange sam.

[savage1987]

yeah i hear genuine ones are exxy? not expecting this one to last forever, I needed a rapid solution though so it did the trick.

survived the dyno to the tune of 326rwhp :) so I'm certainly not complaining, and will get me to sydney so it'll do :p