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Ok to reuse used waterpump?

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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 03:10 AM
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VA one more thing...

if you do not feel like you have enough meat to tap...

you could always have a machine shop weld on an aluminum bung...
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by mazdaracer78
near the thermosensor...

of course tapping your own hole with a fine pitch tap into a spot where there is enough meat...

it sucks that the thermostat elbows are the way they are on the s5's...

i actually tapped out the cavity on my s4 elbow where a sensor is located for the tII's way back in the day...

anyways, having it before the thermostat, in that location, will give you a good place to pluck a reading...

also, if you are running an old school style thermostat it would enable you to monitor the thermostat not opening correctly, before damage is done...
Something I thought of after I posted, my Koyo rad has what looks like a black plastic plug on the top neck. Could it be that when they designed the radiator they provided a quick n easy place to put a sensor?
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 01:36 AM
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VA hmmm...

my koyo has two locations on the top...

the very top is the pointless add coolant sensor (center of the end tank)...

it's a good sensor for idiots that do not watch the temp gauge...

i grounded mine out and blocked it with a black bleeder screw...

now the side black plug is for bleeding purposes...

if you can fine an adapter to thread the sending unit into i do not see it being a problem...

i would invest in a good burp funnel though if you get rid of the stock bleed location...

just so you can make sure that your cooling system is free of air pockets.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 01:39 AM
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 01:50 AM
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Originally Posted by mazdaracer78
my koyo has two locations on the top...

the very top is the pointless add coolant sensor (center of the end tank)...

it's a good sensor for idiots that do not watch the temp gauge...

i grounded mine out and blocked it with a black bleeder screw...

now the side black plug is for bleeding purposes...

if you can fine an adapter to thread the sending unit into i do not see it being a problem...

i would invest in a good burp funnel though if you get rid of the stock bleed location...

just so you can make sure that your cooling system is free of air pockets.
Thanks for the heads up on the bleed. I don't have tools to tap so it would go to a machine shop regardless of where the sensor goes.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 01:52 AM
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Last night I tried to get my waterpump apart with no luck. I thought I could use a pulley removal tool, but was wrong.

Anyone every take the time to dismantle one? I know it's only an $80 part, but before I give in to spending I like to break things further than they're already broken.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 01:57 AM
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VA hmmm...

i've always left waterpump rebuilding up to 14 year old chinese professionals...
(by the way, if anyone who reads this gets offended, i'm not the one that believes in labor camps)
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