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Old 08-09-2005, 01:54 PM
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Question water pump wear

is it normal for the belt to wear the black paint off the water pump exposing the bare metal where it makes contact? i noticed thats the case around 48K miles now???
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I'm pretty sure its normal.Its just wearing off the paint/coating from the pulley.
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yeah its normal, its the uneven wear you hafta watch for. I noticed mine was wearing unevenly, a few days later it started to leak, then the water pump went out on me.




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