water pump with plastic propeller

Konstantin Bogach konstantin.bogach at morganstanley.com
Mon Jul 29 17:09:57 EDT 2002


It came in GEBA box. Is GEBA brand made in Germany only?  I did not check
signes on casting.  Because it came from TPC  and I wanted car running I did
not hesitate much.
Thanks.

Konstantin.

Tony Lum wrote:

> At 10:45 AM 7/29/02 , you wrote:
> >Hi listers.
> >
> >I lost a battle to get rid of water pump whining completely and as
> >result I ended up with 3rd pump which has plastic propeller.  I never
> >saw such thing before.  Anybody has it on a car for a while?  Are there
> >any known problems due to plastic part?
> >
> >Thank you.
> >
> >Konstantin Bogach.
>
> Never.  I've seen 3 different German brands and none were plastic.  I'm not
> sure I'd put that in your engine, especially if its an Italien brand.  I've
> had terrible experiences with Italien WPs.  I put 6 (!) of them into my old
> German made Capri (2.6L V6).
>
> Regards,
>
> - Tony
> lots of I-5 Audis




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