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roy4matra
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« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2014, 08:47:24 pm » |
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During the restoration process of my car I went to an expert who is specialized in water pump overhauls. It cost me less than 20€ included the sandblasting and painting of the pulley. He told me, that a lot of French cars use the same or very similar repair kits so it was a basic job for him.
Thanks for your reply Klumzer. Unfortunately in the UK, and I would bet most of western Europe (France, Belgium, Spain, Germany etc.) no one repairs water pumps now because the labour makes it more expensive than a new one - that is when the new ones are for new -ish cars and you can get them easily. In the U.K. you cannot even get anyone to supply repair kits. I have tried for years. The problem is when you can't get the pump you want and no kits either you are stuck. A second problem with the Murena is that many don't use them regularly. This often causes the pump to failure prematurely for reasons I won't go into here. I know this both because of my engineering background and from experience. The best way to overcome this is to use a ceramic seal, but I could not achieve this as I could not get the parts I required. Now I find that the kit Simon provides appears to have a ceramic seal, so if I get the cast steel impeller modified it will be a better pump. I will be trying this out in my own car first and then report back. So for a little extra we may have a pump that will have a better seal and not fail early owing to intermittent use. Roy
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Oetker
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« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2015, 08:28:17 am » |
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Roy mentioned some time ago about Red-line. A webshop that deliver what they advertise. This can be interesting. It's not a direct fit but can be used. It's for Peu-505 and chrysler-Talbot using N9T? engines. https://www.redlinecarparts.com/qcp1011-qh-water-pump-p-486914.html
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I feel like Jonah, only my fish looks different. Murena 2.2 Red 1982. Murena 1.6 black on places.
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Oetker
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« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2015, 05:33:26 am » |
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My conclusion is that it must be the water pump bearing. could it simply have rusted whith no water in the block? The engine is running fine. To pinpoint the problem take of the belt and listen again. Ofcourse not running to long without coolingwater circulating. If the sound is gone only waterpump and alternator are at suspect. Mostly you can feel it by turning the pulleys. In this case it was very clear what went wrong. Bearing running havy and slipping pulley melted the coolfan till the belt broke. Herman
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« Last Edit: June 21, 2015, 05:44:56 am by Oetker »
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I feel like Jonah, only my fish looks different. Murena 2.2 Red 1982. Murena 1.6 black on places.
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