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Subject:Re: Water pump premature failure
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:18:04 -0800

Maybe bent during a rear-end collision?

On Nov 10, 2007 9:32 AM, Geza Polony <gezapolony@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I'm thinking that a warped crankshaft pulley is causing premature failure
> of
> my water pumps, which only seem to last around 15K miles or so before they
> start screeching at me. Has anybody dealt with this before? Is it a real
> nightmare to change the drive pulley in the car, with that 258 ft.lbs of
> torque Bentley calls for? How do these things get warped to begin with?
>
> Thanks--
>

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