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  1. J

    Need water pump and gasket

    Jim I would be interested if that cured your problem, worst case you have an extra water pump. Dean
  2. J

    Need water pump and gasket

    Jim Held the impeller and twisted the pulley, everything seemed tight. Rebuilt the radiator and removed the thermostat, still had real bad overheating problems. Signs to look for: 1) Made sure we no air in the cooling system by sucking the coolant through the system with a vacuum pump. 2) We...
  3. J

    Need water pump and gasket

    Hi All Thanks for all the input and especially to Chuck Tator for the time he spent, on the phone with us. The problem turned out to be the water pump (the initial inspection showed the impeller was good, but that turned out to be wrong). We replaced the factory pump with a Bosch (from...
  4. J

    Need water pump and gasket

    Thanks for the input We pulled the water pump and it looked fine, no impeller problems. Replaced the gasket and bolted it back in. Next: 1) Put two different types of solution in the radiator to detect hydro-carbons in the coolant with negative results. 2) I had changed the oil less than...
  5. J

    Need water pump and gasket

    Woops, 59 million is overstated Had no heating problems since purchase, then all of a sudden got on the freeway (driving normally) and I see the temp at 250 and the light was on. Started to coast to the side of the road and the temp drops back to 190, rode home in 6th gear (with the heater...
  6. J

    Need water pump and gasket

    Hi all My name is Dean and I purchased a 2002 RT10 last April (59,000 K miles). I have been able to figure out most of the problems using VPA. I am in the process of replacing the water pump and gasket because of heating problems (I've already replaced the thermostat, flushed the system and...
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