water pump failures

[helen&tony]

Hi
Whilst waterpumps are on everyone's mind, has anyone had a waterpump failure with an impeller becoming loose?...chatting with a fellow member here, and we seem to remember something similar
Cheers
Helen

[321Away]

I've never seen it on a bongo, only ever seal failures,(just my 2p worth!)
julian

[helen&tony]

Hi Julian
Thanks for that..It's just while chatting about trying to pull the impeller off the shaft, that we ( myself and a fellow member here) seemed to remember an impeller failure...must be my imagination then...That's one of the benefits of old age
Cheers
Helen

[wonkanoby]

several years ago when i removed first one of mine the blades them selves had sheared of

[dobby]

Just had mine done, it was the seals - slow leak over the winter. I haven't seen the pump myself but I think it was ok apart from that.

[helen&tony]

Hi
Same as mine, Dobby...I had suspected that it would go soon, and not disappointed ...mini leak in the cold. now i'm wondering about pulling it apart
Cheers
Helen

[dobby]

It happened during the 'great winter of 2011' Bongo had lost about 3L of coolant

I feared the worst having had the head done in 2009 and returned it to Ian Taylor.

Should get it back this week

[Doone]

now i'm wondering about pulling it apart

Does it rattle when you shake it?
Helen I asked Al, he said he's not seen one sheared, but has seen the blades completely corroded, rusted away on a couple of pumps. And he's seen various levels of corrosion on a few more.

[widdowson2008]

Hi
Same as mine, Dobby...I had suspected that it would go soon, and not disappointed ...mini leak in the cold. now i'm wondering about pulling it apartCheers
Helen

WONDERING? HAVEN'T YOU DONE IT YET?

[helen&tony]

Hi Steve
Hopefully I'll lay my hands on the Bulgarian Scalpel this weekend (Disc Cutter)...
N.B. if you've seen some of the operation scars folk have here, you'd understand
Cheers
Helen