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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: pauls on 21 October 2012, 19:10:05
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As above any recomended ones apart from stealers. Had one from allparts fitted with cambelt about 3 weeks ago and it is already howling >:( A bit pee'd off because I made sure it had the metal fins as well.
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For starters you want your money back off that pump ;)
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I bought mine from Buypartsby.
It's been squeeling like a bugger ever since - at least til the engine has warmed up.
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Lot of reports of V6 ones failing, still got the old one?
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QH seem ok :y
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Lot of reports of V6 ones failing, still got the old one?
No it went in the bin :'(
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QH seem ok :y
+1 iv got a QH fitted on mine since sept 2011, no problems at all :y
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My pump from buypartsby lasted 12 months. Fitted one from the dealers, cost more but what price reliability?
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So the moral of the story is that if it's not broke, don't fix the original OE pump when you do your cambelt. ;) ;) ;)
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I would tend to agree. :y
I changed mine at the last cambelt change because I got an SKF one at a price which would have been rude to ignore. ;)
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So the moral of the story is that if it's not broke, don't fix the original OE pump when you do your cambelt. ;) ;) ;)
I changed it because it had been on the car for 4 years so thought i would play safe and change it. Shows what thought did eh
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So the moral of the story is that if it's not broke, don't fix the original OE pump when you do your cambelt. ;) ;) ;)
I changed it because it had been on the car for 4 years so thought i would play safe and change it. Shows what thought did eh
Mine had been on for somewhat longer than that before it was needlessly changed (I thought there was a weep from it - turned out I was wrong ::))
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Originally genuine water pumps were cheap as chips so it was a no brainer to change it "while you were down there".
The price then shot through the roof,so people started fitting pattern versions just to follow the line of changing the pump at the same time as the cambelt. So, there now seems to be two schools of thought on the subject.
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Whats that saying " o well we will and learn" Nornally at the cost to my wallet :'(
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So, are genuine water pumps more expensive and better or just more expensive.
£67.49 + vat on TC or £31.52 inc vat for QH at BuyPartsby. :-\
Decisions decisions. :-\
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Originally genuine water pumps were cheap as chips so it was a no brainer to change it "while you were down there".
The price then shot through the roof,so people started fitting pattern versions just to follow the line of changing the pump at the same time as the cambelt. So, there now seems to be two schools of thought on the subject.
I still chose the 'if it ain't broke ........' option :y :y :y
If you're paying someone else to do the work, there might be an argument, but if you do it yourself, fix 'em if they break/leak ;) ;)
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As has been said - live and learn.
Mine was fine but the Cam belt was overdue when I bought the car so I did both because that's what I've always done.
Unfortunately I chucked the old one.
I take it it would be advisable to fit a new belt if I decide to change the pump again?
I need to do the dowty washers and the O/S outlet manifold gasket soonish so maybe I will just do the lot in one hit.
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I take it it would be advisable to fit a new belt if I decide to change the pump again?
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Cam belt? Why would you? :-\ :-\ :-\ Cam belt drives the cams ....... 'fan belt'/aux belt drives the water pump. Two separate things. :y :y
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D'oh!
Sorry - I was thinking in terms of my other car which is cam belt run. ::)
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So the moral of the story is that if it's not broke, don't fix the original OE pump when you do your cambelt. ;) ;) ;)
I changed it because it had been on the car for 4 years so thought i would play safe and change it. Shows what thought did eh
The one that came off your car from memory wasn't GM, and felt equaly as rough.... :y