Water Pumps

[Jason Drawert <jed5426@GTE.NET>]

Hello, I work for GTE in their internet support department, and I have a
favor to ask.  The Forwarded message was received by one of my customers
and he has no idea why.  He received about 100 or so a day all dealing
with the same topic.  I was curious to know if you are on a mailing
list, and if so, which one.  This will help me to remove my customer
from the list so he will not continue to received messages sent from the
mailing list. 

Thank You,

Jason Drawert
GTEINW


>Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 00:00:13 GMT
>From: quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)
>Subject: I5 water pump failure - when?
>I've had two water pumps fail - one on the late lamented Coupe GT, and one
>on
>the ur-quattro.
>Thing is - I can't really be sure of the provenance of each.
>So - a question for those of you who've installed a new original Audi
>waterpump
>and subsequently had a failure - not many, I suspect.
>Exactly how many miles did your waterpump last?
>- --
>Phil Payne
>Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club
>------------------------------
>Phil,
>
>FWIW, our Audi 100 2.0 Avant had a noisy waterpump just after purchase, and
>was replaced at 50something thousand miles by local VAG dealer under the
>Audi extended warranty which came with the car (fortuitous failure -
cambelt
>etc. replaced 'while they were at it' at little extra cost to me.)
>
>The replacement (genuine Audi, one hopes and assumes) is (touch wood) still
>OK, the car having done another c. 45,000 miles.
>
>BTW, I also got the driver's Procon 10 seatbelt replaced under the same
>warranty because it was jamming occasionally. The mechanics said it took
>them most of a day to do. Subsequently, Fate was not so kind - our young
dog
>decided to use same belt webbing as a bone substitute, and diy replacement
>of Procon 10 seatbelts took on urgent significance, as damaged belt webbing
>is instant failure in annual mandatory UK vehicle tests. The belt inertia
>reel assembly, etc. is integral with the Procon 10 cables, and all have to
>be replaced back to their mountings on the gearbox etc., dismantling most
of
>the interior in the process. It wasn't worth it, especially as couldn't
>guarantee that dog wouldn't come back for a second helping, so I just cut
>the cables and replaced this belt with a conventional inertia reel - a 20
>minute job.
>
>So those with Procon 10 seatbelts, Beware !! - Procon 10 seems a good
safety
>feature, but a nightmare to work upon, - and I would think very costly
>*indeed* to completely replace if the system gets activated in a minor
>collision.
>
>Regards
>
>David
>
>Cumbria, UK
>