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From: mberns@ut-ngp.UUCP (Mark Bernstein)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Toyota water pump inquiry
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Date: Fri, 21-Mar-86 09:20:10 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 21 09:20:10 1986
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>  I had a similar experience.  On the car I used to drive, a 1977 Corolla
>  SR5 HB, the water pump died.  The weather had been cold for quite a while,
>  and the car had over 75K on it at the time,....
	       ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^

Um, I don't quite see how this is a "similar experience".
I'd hardly consider a 75K life span for a water pump a "problem"
(remember this discussion is about *premature* failure in Toyotas).
Let's not get carried away :-).  

Water pumps don't often last forever.  Sure, not all water pumps fail 
even after many more than 75K miles.  But it is not at all unusual for 
a pump to give out *some time* during the life of a car, and I wish I 
had gotten *as much as* 75K out of water pumps on some cars I've owned.  
Yes, I agree - there may be a manufacturer's design or quality problem 
if they *consistently* fail at very low mileage ( < 35K? ) in a
particular line of cars.    But I'm not sure that the recent postings 
on this issue are very convincing as to the existence of a real Toyota
problem in this area.  

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Mark Bernstein, Univ of Texas at Austin, Speech Communication, Austin 78712
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