r33 water pump

[kaotik]

my pumps starting to leak:(

is this common?

does any 1 know how long b4 its fully rooted?

thanks

[Guest RedLineGTR]

get it done asap...since when it goes fully then u will be towing your car to the workshop. if its also leaking on the belts etc that isnt good kills the life of them. While driving to the workshop make sure the water level in the radiator is okay the last thing u need it to overheat the engine. But this depends on the leak.

[kaotik]

thanks

it loses about 1/2 a litre about every 2-3 weeks

[Guest RedLineGTR]

oh thats not too bad..but yah if ya can get it done asap..Some people water pumps just go nearly in one go...and then time to tow. Also think about if u need anything else done maintenece wise..since while they are doing that other things can be done..less labour etc. Cheers Rob

[Hicks]

My water pump went not so long ago.

Buy a vl turbo water pump. It'll cost about $100 bucks. Don't let them get a genuine one, you'll be lookin at between $400-$500 bucks!!

[MattyB]

does anyone know of any aftermarket high flow water pumps. ive looked arround and never seen any.

[Chucky]

My water pump started leaking after i flushed my radiator. Didn't leak much the first day - 1 hour after i got my car to work the next day it had lost almost all of the radiator fluid. Lucky the workshop i take my car to is 25meters up the road. Had the timing belt replaced at the same time. $500 all up with new coolant. I'd get it done ASAP kaotik

[DAMQIK GTS-T]

Originally posted by Hicks

My water pump went not so long ago.

Buy a vl turbo water pump. It'll cost about $100 bucks. Don't let them get a genuine one, you'll be lookin at between $400-$500 bucks!!

I have done this very thing and regeret it,

The r33/r32 pump has one bolt hole in a different place to the vl pump and over time because the pump isn't bolted down hard in one place it will start to leak, in fact it took 2 months on my car if I had put the covers on over the cambelt I'd never know. as the leaking water never gets to the road (evaporation?).

I payed $76 for my vl pump.

I'm currently looking at getting my origanal pump repaired with new seals and bearings (about $40 in parts and labour).

(Excuse spelling errors. I'm not very well today)

Regards

Damqik

[JimX]

UAS sell a GTR N1 pump for only $150, I would be getting that as a replacement.

[siksII]

a local nissan dealership (randwick) quoted me 150(or 148, something cery close) for the part listed for an r33.... ring a dealer!

[Guest RedLineGTR]

Hey a N1 Pump..they have more fins and flow more water.

[rb25]

I bought an N1 GT-R water pump for about 150. It has six fins, not five and flows alot better.

[JimX]

The stock pump has 9 fins, not 5 But they are smaller. Apparently 6 big fins flows better than 9 small ones. Actually, it may not, it might just have less of a load on the engine and thus less power loss.

[rb25]

oops

aparently it does flow a higher volume of water.

[DAMQIK GTS-T]

Just Convert to an electric pump and fan you will gain at least 10 kw

[JimX]

And a quick dead engine when the pump stops for no apparent reason Electrical water pumps aren't worth the risk IMO. I'd rather pay the 10kw.

[T0nyGTSt]

Well I got a VL pump in my so I'll see how it goes...

The only difference with the N1 water pump is that it's been designed to run with less cavitation and bubbling.

But it's essentially the same.

T.

[siksII]

yeah thats what i thought/heard, and cavitation only comes with really high revs with the standard gts-t pump, higher than 7000. The n1 would be suited only to the gtr, as it revs higher, unless you raised the revs on a gts-t. So basically, i dont think there is any point getting and N1 pump for a gtst, although it does sound good

[kaotik]

thanks $150 is nothing, ill just go genuine