water pump

wijcc · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:01

At what intervals do you need to change the waterpump? At the same time as the timing/cambelt?
Thanks in advance guys

Firestar_3x · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:02

wijcc said:
At what intervals do you need to change the waterpump? At the same time as the timing/cambelt?
Thanks in advance guys

Don't think the USS enterprise has a waterpump and cambelt?

Clearly this depends on what it is!

Matt82 · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:03

good point well made

kaiowas · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:03

They're not something which has an interval as such but they're commonly replaced when doing the cambelt as a precaution as you need to dismantle most of the same stuff to do the waterpump anyway and they're not generally expensive once everything is in bits but will work out expensive if you need to pay someone to specifically do that job.

wijcc · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:06

oh yes sorry my car is a 2001 1.6 focus

fonzee · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:07

probably 100k or 10 years then. thats fords recommendation anyway.

haynes normally recommends every 40k on the zetec.

think i did mine at 70k.

MikeHunt79 · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:07

I did mine when I changed my cambelt tensioner, at around 80k.

What car do you drive?

wijcc · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:11

2001 ford focus 1.6 ghia just passed 60K miles

MikeHunt79 · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:14

wijcc said:
2001 ford focus 1.6 ghia just passed 60K miles

hmm, I'd change it when it hits 100k or whenever the tensioner has to be changed, whenever comes first.

Mine car was using less water after pump change...

Iraklis F.C. · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:15

it depends on the use too , i have been told cars used in cities tend to work in higher temps (therefore water pump is stressed more) than those used outside cities.

wijcc · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:22

MikeHunt79 said:
hmm, I'd change it when it hits 100k or whenever the tensioner has to be changed, whenever comes first.

Mine car was using less water after pump change...

How do you know when the tensioner needs to be changed?

Matt82 · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:27

i changed mine at 196k miles. i only changed it because a friend of mine broke it whilst trying to pry the pas pump off

gbradders123 · 30 Jul 2009 at 03:56

wijcc said:
How do you know when the tensioner needs to be changed?

when you change the cambelt without fail.

i changed my water pump when the water came shooting out of it with commitment, that was about 150k on me bimmer e30 325i