sudden overheating - early water pump

[California Dreamin]

Glad to here its all sorted Ralph .... now the difference between a Tilley X246a combared to the X246b is the double ring cage and the way the cage screws into the base on earlier models with seperate posts instead of having a common base on the later b models.
And then of course there is even an earlier type, affectionately refered to as the 'Pork Pie' base, which is much flatter in appearance.



Martin

[ghost123uk]

- Are you on HERE yet ?

[CJH]

I'm wondering now if I should pick up a replacement thermostat housing when I see one and keep the thermostat/housing/pump combo as a ready-to-go exchange unit.

Just a heads-up for anyone contemplating keeping a spare thermostat/housing/pump combo for when their water pump fails on holiday, there's an early thermostat housing for sale on ebay at the moment (collection only from Norfolk). The bolts look a bit rusty, so there's no guarantee it'll come apart without a fight, but at least you could do that at your leisure before it's needed. I've already bought one, cleaned it up, and packed it away in the van with a new thermostat and pump.

*E D I T: I should say, I've got a saved search on ebay for this part - they don't come up very often.

[pionte]

I have a spare one in the shed, if anyone needs one send me a message. I'm just selling the DG Van so won't be needing it. As CJH says these are rare as hens teeth in serviceable condition, took me 3 weeks to source one, a long time to have the van off the road in the middle of summer!

[PaulG]

Hi everyone, and especially Cov Kid as author of original post and obviously a man with great experience an things water pump related!

Over the recent weekend I have noticed the beginnings of a low pitched whining noise from the waterpump on my 2.1DJ motor. There is no noticeable coolant leak (yet?) nor play in the pump bearings (yet?). I have passed through the denial stage and believe this to be the beginning of the end for this pump. It is about 6 years old and a Brickwerks supplied and fitted unit - so totally trusted parts and workmanship. It's done a bout 20,000 miles or less of highdays and holidays van use.

My question is, how long is a piece of string, or put another way, how long before catastrophic failure? Is decline normally rapid, or might I get reliable use out of it for the rest of the Summer? Will it get gradually worse or just go "pop".

I don't feel confident to change this myself so it will need a trip to Brickwerks, and we all know how busy they are!

Many thanks in advance for the help. See some of you at T3 BusMeet I hope, and we can all have a listen to it!

PaulG