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why do water pumps wait until winter to fail ?? 200 1989

posted by  philvo on  Thu Dec 31 06:47 CST 2009
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forcast for the next 4 days is snow ! I pulled the old pump today,probably the original(volvo brand) cleaned up the head,replaced the belts.It was a good time to replace my alternator bushings and tensioner. just waiting for the pump to arrive. I bought an extra gasket kit just incase I rip the gasket or rip an o-ring.
They never seem to fail on me when it's warm out,that's usually when the AC craps out..
Philvo
'89 240 M-47 221k, '92 240GL AW-71 310k (for sale)








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posted by  someone claiming to be on  Wed Dec 31 18:00 CST 1969 [RELATED]

The cold weather tends to stiffen the O-rings, so the antifreeze has an escape route. Happened to me last week and I figured...might as well replace the pump too (only 40k miles on the last one). Had an Hepu water pump waiting in the wings. I just ordered another just in case.

Make sure you have 4 new studs for the cooling fan, otherwise you'll have to pull from the old pump.
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-Cool Volvo- 1982 240 4 Spd OD w/ 266K, 1989 240 5 Spd w/ 269K. Past proud owner of 1966 122, 1968 144, 1970 145, 1972 144, 1980 245



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posted by  someone claiming to be on  Wed Dec 31 18:00 CST 1969 [RELATED]

This is one of the fun jobs. Happy New Year with an old Volvo!

Marten



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