what would cause a water pump to fail at 48k miles?
10-02-2007 | 07:30 PM
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what would cause a water pump to fail at 48k miles?
Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just
happy my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires
and asked him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just
started a few days earlier in the week.
second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just
happy my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires
and asked him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just
started a few days earlier in the week.
10-03-2007 | 04:54 AM
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Re: what would cause a water pump to fail at 48k miles?
KLS wrote:
> Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
> second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
> stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
> after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just happy
> my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires and asked
> him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just started a few
> days earlier in the week.
An A4 with a 30k miles was towed in today with a broken timing belt and
damaged valves. Anything can happen at any time.
> Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
> second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
> stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
> after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just happy
> my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires and asked
> him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just started a few
> days earlier in the week.
An A4 with a 30k miles was towed in today with a broken timing belt and
damaged valves. Anything can happen at any time.
10-03-2007 | 04:54 AM
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Re: what would cause a water pump to fail at 48k miles?
KLS wrote:
> Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
> second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
> stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
> after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just happy
> my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires and asked
> him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just started a few
> days earlier in the week.
An A4 with a 30k miles was towed in today with a broken timing belt and
damaged valves. Anything can happen at any time.
> Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
> second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
> stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
> after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just happy
> my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires and asked
> him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just started a few
> days earlier in the week.
An A4 with a 30k miles was towed in today with a broken timing belt and
damaged valves. Anything can happen at any time.
10-03-2007 | 04:54 AM
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Re: what would cause a water pump to fail at 48k miles?
KLS wrote:
> Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
> second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
> stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
> after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just happy
> my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires and asked
> him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just started a few
> days earlier in the week.
An A4 with a 30k miles was towed in today with a broken timing belt and
damaged valves. Anything can happen at any time.
> Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
> second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
> stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
> after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just happy
> my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires and asked
> him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just started a few
> days earlier in the week.
An A4 with a 30k miles was towed in today with a broken timing belt and
damaged valves. Anything can happen at any time.
10-03-2007 | 04:54 AM
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Re: what would cause a water pump to fail at 48k miles?
KLS wrote:
> Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
> second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
> stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
> after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just happy
> my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires and asked
> him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just started a few
> days earlier in the week.
An A4 with a 30k miles was towed in today with a broken timing belt and
damaged valves. Anything can happen at any time.
> Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
> second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
> stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
> after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just happy
> my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires and asked
> him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just started a few
> days earlier in the week.
An A4 with a 30k miles was towed in today with a broken timing belt and
damaged valves. Anything can happen at any time.
10-03-2007 | 06:15 AM
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Re: what would cause a water pump to fail at 48k miles?
On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:30:16 GMT, KLS <xymergy@suds.com> wrote:
>Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
>second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
>stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
>after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just
>happy my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires
>and asked him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just
>started a few days earlier in the week.
Water pumps are a weak spot on some Audi engines. Mine went at about
30K!
M
>Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
>second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
>stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
>after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just
>happy my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires
>and asked him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just
>started a few days earlier in the week.
Water pumps are a weak spot on some Audi engines. Mine went at about
30K!
M
10-03-2007 | 06:15 AM
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Re: what would cause a water pump to fail at 48k miles?
On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:30:16 GMT, KLS <xymergy@suds.com> wrote:
>Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
>second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
>stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
>after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just
>happy my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires
>and asked him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just
>started a few days earlier in the week.
Water pumps are a weak spot on some Audi engines. Mine went at about
30K!
M
>Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
>second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
>stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
>after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just
>happy my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires
>and asked him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just
>started a few days earlier in the week.
Water pumps are a weak spot on some Audi engines. Mine went at about
30K!
M
10-03-2007 | 06:15 AM
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Re: what would cause a water pump to fail at 48k miles?
On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:30:16 GMT, KLS <xymergy@suds.com> wrote:
>Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
>second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
>stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
>after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just
>happy my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires
>and asked him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just
>started a few days earlier in the week.
Water pumps are a weak spot on some Audi engines. Mine went at about
30K!
M
>Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
>second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
>stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
>after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just
>happy my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires
>and asked him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just
>started a few days earlier in the week.
Water pumps are a weak spot on some Audi engines. Mine went at about
30K!
M
10-03-2007 | 06:15 AM
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Re: what would cause a water pump to fail at 48k miles?
On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:30:16 GMT, KLS <xymergy@suds.com> wrote:
>Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
>second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
>stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
>after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just
>happy my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires
>and asked him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just
>started a few days earlier in the week.
Water pumps are a weak spot on some Audi engines. Mine went at about
30K!
M
>Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
>second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
>stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
>after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just
>happy my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires
>and asked him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just
>started a few days earlier in the week.
Water pumps are a weak spot on some Audi engines. Mine went at about
30K!
M
10-03-2007 | 08:44 AM
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Re: what would cause a water pump to fail at 48k miles?
On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:15:56 +0100, Mark
<i@getlotsofspamthankstoplus.net> wrote:
>On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:30:16 GMT, KLS <xymergy@suds.com> wrote:
>
>>Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
>>second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
>>stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
>>after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just
>>happy my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires
>>and asked him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just
>>started a few days earlier in the week.
>
>Water pumps are a weak spot on some Audi engines. Mine went at about
>30K!
Incredible. What's interesting about this situation for me was that
the second thermostat (the one that was changed out for the factory
one and just replaced this time along with the failing water pump)
never consistently registered a rock solid noon hashmark reading. It
would wander one or two hashmarks high over the course of driving, and
that always made me nervous. I wonder if that was a harbinger, but
this went on for years. I'll be curious as to whether this new
(third) thermostat is more consistent.
<i@getlotsofspamthankstoplus.net> wrote:
>On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:30:16 GMT, KLS <xymergy@suds.com> wrote:
>
>>Just had the water pump, et al, changed out on my 98.5 A4Q 2.8 for the
>>second time. The factory stuff I changed at 63k out of caution, this
>>stuff was just replaced because the water pump was beginning to fail
>>after only 47k miles. What would cause this to happen? I'm just
>>happy my mechanic caught it after I brought the car in for new tires
>>and asked him to check a hesitation on acceleration that had just
>>started a few days earlier in the week.
>
>Water pumps are a weak spot on some Audi engines. Mine went at about
>30K!
Incredible. What's interesting about this situation for me was that
the second thermostat (the one that was changed out for the factory
one and just replaced this time along with the failing water pump)
never consistently registered a rock solid noon hashmark reading. It
would wander one or two hashmarks high over the course of driving, and
that always made me nervous. I wonder if that was a harbinger, but
this went on for years. I'll be curious as to whether this new
(third) thermostat is more consistent.
