>
>Diagnosis of Water Pump:
>
>	I have no signs that the water pump needs replacement.  The system IS
>	cooling, just not at peak efficiency. If the water pump is
>	out/flakey, then I'd think I'd have SIGNIFICANT cooling
>	problems.
>
>	Diagnosis: I don't really need a water pump at this time,
>	although it might be a good precautionary move.
>
Steve,

this may not really help, but when the water pump went out on my
78 Scirocco (btw, it was the original pump!), it just made a funny
noise.  There were no cooling problems.

Joachim
78 Scirocco
88 Fox
90 Vanagon
one of these days I might actually be driving a new model...naaah
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I'm not an engineer, but I play one at work.