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This was actually IN MY CAR! Yes ladies and gentlemen.. This was what was in my car.. "circulating" coolant. How how how how did the engine not explode? Someone please tell me. Thank god Im doing a full teardown of the engine this winter otherwise I wouldent have known. Its AMAZING that the head isnt warped.. I dont know how but its not.. That pump was probally like that ever since I got the engine.. who knows.. Anyway... The pics.. I hope youre sitting down.

And you did not over heat???

damn franko, i have never seen anything like that before

ya, if you didn't have an overheating issue, there would be no reason to suspect a problem, or would the head of warped.

Damn. I've pulled probably a dozen+ H2O pumps off cars and trucks over the years and have never seen one that looked like that. Good thing ya found it when ya did...

XxantwawnxX wrote:And you did not over heat???

Never overheated on me.. never boiled over.. temps always looked normal.. Its absloutely reterded.. Just by comparsion.. I pulled the pump off my scrap motor in my basement and its quite different..

now you have to think there did all those peaces are at!!

I think the peices have actaully bent upwards?

I have one word.....WOW

I wonder if that's what happens if it was in 100% pure coolant?

thats interesting....

What was used for coolant in that thing. Ocean water... WTF!

Its astounding! You would never have known that there was anything wrong with it. Car ran fine.. Well Im glad that its getting fixed now anyway.. Im thinking of bringing the pump into mazda and see what they say.. Im guessing they will be equally as shocked.

talking about water pumps where's mine. new and old one.
it wasnt rusty as yours but it was rusty as an old boat and making noise...