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166 Super water pump !!!!!

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2K views 25 replies 14 participants last post by  mikealdren 
#1 ·
:rant:
I have just taken my beloved 166 super to the garage as I have a noise that i thought sounded like the 'tappets'......
My mech recons it's the blummin water pump.....
Only had the cambelt done last year at a SPECIALIST!!!!!!!!(£550)
and they never advised me to have it done at the same time....
:rant:
 
#15 ·
I am not going to get into name calling......
On the contrary, Geoff, you should be warning others about such sloppy dealers. It's very bad service and will be expensive for you to fix. It should also make you think about what else they didn't check/replace at the time (tensioner, idllers??). Why should someone else suffer the same fate? It's got nothing to do with 'name calling'. There should be a (long) list of such dealers on this forum and then perhaps they wouldn't get so much business and would smarten up their acts.
 
#6 ·
Geoff,
I was also advised to change to a pump wih a metal impeller and found that the plastic impeller on mine had small cracks in it when I had it changed at 120k.

I'm slightly confused about the sound, I would expect a whining sound from something that rotates and a tapping from something that 'goes up and down.

Mike
 
#14 ·
Recently my father's SAAB had the water pump go.

We heard a clattering noise for a while before - morelike a loose cover than tappets. Couldn't find the source, then when he & Mum were going on holiday the bearing collapsed entirely - enough to throw the aux belt off.
 
#8 ·
All 166's have the plastic impeller as standard - Replace with a 3.0 GTV pump as this has metal impeller. Don't know why Alfa decided on this!?
 
#12 ·
I think all 166 have the plastic impeller pump but not 100%, I assume my 05/2003 reg. has and will upgrade when required - Alfa decided the GTV needed the metal one even though it is the same engine!
 
#18 ·
Plastic Pumps were used to cut noise down a little.

me i dont really care about noise, and will be changing to the metal one when i have my belts done
 
#19 ·
Anyone got a price and pert number for the GTV water pump, from specialist? Thought I was sitting pretty with my 3.0 V6 metal impellor :gulp:
 
#24 ·
If you leave it until cam belt time, very cheap, really just the cost of the part, if you do it as a seperate job, it's not gonna be cheap.
 
#26 ·
I had mine changed at 120k with the cambelt. It was still ok then. The risk is overheating, you should notice it so it won't be terminal but it will take the car off the road, I would risk it and wait.

My car was overheating due to radiator failure, a common fault and not hard to fix.

regards
Mike
 
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