Ok to reuse used waterpump?

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01-26-09, 03:10 AM

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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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01-26-09, 06:04 AM

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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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01-27-09, 01:36 AM

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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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01-27-09, 01:39 AM

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01-27-09, 01:50 AM

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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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01-27-09, 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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01-27-09, 01:57 AM

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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)