Smashed Water Pump

[jrifda]

Hi, I was hoping some of you might be able offer some ideas for my s1 R33 GTST......It has smashed the waterpump housing working fairly hard near the limiter, basicly ter was a loud clunk noise an on inspection the water pump alloy housing has broken an half an the fan has taken out the rad....... I cant work out for sure what has happened but I need to make sure its fixed so it dosnt happen again especcialy after i replace the busted bits.......and help/advice would be greatly appreciated....cheers

[Dani Boi]

What exactly is the question?

[snozzle]

if your not competent enough to pull down the front end, observe whats broken and replace it then i suggest you find a mechanic you can rely on - preferrably a performance workshop who works with RB's regularly.

a new water pump should do the trick but we cant really tell you much else unless we can see what has happened.

[JonnoHR31]

as said replace everything thats broken. also check everything to do with that belt and make sure theres nothing thats gonna make it die again, such as a seized pulley.

[Pal]

how many km's has the car done and how hard do you drive it? the water pump probably hasn't been replaced ever and has seized hard at redline causing it to destroy itself. pull all the damaged stuff off, check your water gallery for damage. check your threads in the holes that the water pump bolts into for damage.

[jrifda]

I do drive it pretty hard an I suppose it is a failure due to being old, I was hoping that it was not another mech issure that led to its demise.......ill put in a new rad n water pump an see how it goes....cheers

how many km's has the car done and how hard do you drive it? the water pump probably hasn't been replaced ever and has seized hard at redline causing it to destroy itself. pull all the damaged stuff off, check your water gallery for damage. check your threads in the holes that the water pump bolts into for damage.

[jrifda]

as said replace everything thats broken. also check everything to do with that belt and make sure theres nothing thats gonna make it die again, such as a seized pulley.

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Yea ill inspect all when I replace all the busted bits.....cheers mate

[lunjiaow]

Yeah this happened to my mates car aswell, ended up replacing water pump and chucked in an alloy radiator. The housing just ripped apart, so assuming the water pump seized.

[Char]

english?

are you saying you were bashing limiter and then the water pump exploded taking out the clutch fan and the radiator?

if you cant explain what happened put up pics, by the sounds of it you will 'at least' be needing a new water pump $130, radiator and clutch fan.

was your car overheating before this? how many k's has it done, check oil pump and timing belt while ur at it

[blue_vl_t]

Just to add to this thread, i just installed new turbor on my car, chech the tune and bring the car on boost, bang, checed and water running everywhere, upon further inspection the water pump has a huge crack, the fan hit the fan shroud and destroyed it, radiator is ok. The pump broke in the direction of the belt pulling on the pully.

I havn't heard of this before, I will remove the pump assembly soon, see what caused it.

I'm not after an answer, just letting people know this can happen, will report back if i find a good cause to the breakage.