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Water pump & other stuff

Tech Talk for Mitsubishi owners.

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Water pump & other stuff

Post by MrGenius »

Well thanks to the intelligence of Mitsu's finest engineers i am in need of a new water pump, anyone bought one and know what the price is?

Thats not the real problem tho but it was the cause of it, water pump siezes, timing belt gets hot and starts to melt. Then gets clogged up in crank pulley and the cam gears turn thru the teeth of the belt and eventually break the belt. Next the engine stalls luckily 20m from my driveway after most likely bending everything in the path of the untimed cams.......time to rebuild the engine :roll:
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Post by MrGenius »

For anyone interested water pump prices.
Mits $292
Ripco $251
Autopro $145
Exhange motors are on average $2300 with <100K
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Post by dinos4x4 »

mitsuishi are advertising new 3.0 V6s for $3000 here in perth
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Post by MrGenius »

Interesting although the engine is not worth 3K, much better option to rebuild yourself.
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Post by DougH »

Which engine is this... the 3.0 is non-interferance and shouldnt bend anything when it loses timing.
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Post by Bitsamissin »

Yes I always thought it was a free spinner as well.....................
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Post by MrGenius »

Thats true it doesnt over run. Its still a stupid design running the waterpump off the back side of the timing belt, If it was run off the alternator belt u would notice there is a problem before it makes a mess rather than waiting for a belt to melt away behind a plastic casing with the only indication being a burning smell as it destroys itself 1 minute later.
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