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From: neal@weitek.UUCP (Neal Bedard)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Toyota water pump inquiry
Message-ID: <385@weitek.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Mar-86 08:05:22 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 20 08:05:22 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 22-Mar-86 05:42:47 EST
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Summary: me too...

In article <186@chronon.UUCP>, eric@chronon.UUCP (Eric Black) writes:
> >Have any Toyota owners out there had water pump problems?
> >
> >[ I have an '82 Toyota Corolla SR5 Liftback that is only at 21k
> >  and is grumbling up front in the water pump area ].
> >
> The water pump on my '78 Corolla SR5 Liftback needed replacing
> after only 125,000 miles. [...]

I wasn't so lucky. Last December my '84 Supra ate its water pump at 38000
miles. The pump made growling/shieking noises and had some axial play in the
shaft before it let loose, wedging the fan into radiator (at low speed,
fortunately.) The extended warranty I had bought covered it.

Now here's the really suspicious part: two weeks prior to the pump failure
the dealership had fixed another problem (leaking oil pressure sensor.) At
that time I had them perform an `annual service', which includes tightening
the belts. My guess is that they were overzealous in setting the fan belt
tension, causing the failure.

My recommendations? If your Toyota is making water pump noise, get it fixed
pronto. If the dealer adjusts the belts, make sure they don't overtighten
the fan belt in particular.

BTW, the oil pressure sensor was the subject of a recall on Toyotas with the
5M-GE engine (DOHC six.) Supra and Cressida owners take note!

-Neal
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