Change your waterpumps! - United Bimmer Community

**Rooz** · 03-06-2006, 07:06 PM

If your car has had the original waterpump... change it guys... the plastic ones suck!

For example:

**Antiburn** · 03-06-2006, 07:20 PM

Yours isnt even that bad. Ive had to replace some that the only thing left of the plastic turbine is the metal rod going through the middle of it.

**Dudesky** · 03-06-2006, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Rooz

If your car has had the original waterpump... change it guys... the plastic ones suck!

Dude, that's yours in the pic? OMG- you never changed it?! That's BMW 101 . . change the wp as soon as you buy the car!!! BTW, get the composite one, the metal ones aren't much better.

**xxxbimmer** · 03-06-2006, 07:35 PM

so how hard r those bad boys to change

**Rooz** · 03-06-2006, 07:51 PM

Fairly easy if you hare mechanically inclined..

Didn't do a DIY because I was in a hurry, and I couldn't really take my time either because I was at my dad's place...

**Antiburn** · 03-06-2006, 09:22 PM

Only real trick you need to know to get it out is to use the 2 10mm bolts that you unscrew from the engine bracket and thermostat to push out the wp. Other then that, and getting the fan off, hopefully that you have a 32mm wrench its very easy to do.

**Rooz** · 03-06-2006, 09:24 PM

yeap.. just hit it left hand thread a few times and off it comes (that housing for it is darn sharp though)

**jms** · 03-06-2006, 09:56 PM

someone has to do a write-up on this, I don't know the status of my wp, but it would have to wait until june or july.

Storamin · 03-06-2006, 10:25 PM

I'd do it for ya. It's pretty easy, hell, I'd just sit by and watch you do it. I like that idea better.

**Dudesky** · 03-07-2006, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by jms

someone has to do a write-up on this,

Someone already has:
http://www.pelicanparts.com/BMW/tech...water-pump.htm
But I think we should have our own writeup for the KB. I did mine last year, and it took me longer to put the new one on than remove the old one; it's a pretty tight fit with the new o-ring seal. Luckily (as mentioned on Top Gear) BMW pushed the engine back as far as they could, so there's a lot of room to work up front where the pump is . . so much easier than other cars.

Storamin · 03-07-2006, 11:07 AM

KB Toys?

**jms** · 03-07-2006, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Storamin

KB Toys?

perhaps I missed some context

**Dudesky** · 03-07-2006, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Storamin

KB Toys?

*Knowledge Base*

**jms** · 03-07-2006, 12:37 PM

it was the toys that got me.

**///MDreain** · 03-07-2006, 03:38 PM

yeah, e36s dont have the greatest cooling system...I saw my brother go through the same thing, so when I bought my car I made sure they had already replaced it.