By the way, it did this last year one day while I was riding(blowing water out the reservior) but quit that day and hasn't done it again till now.

 

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Originally posted by: triedntrue
Thrash, I had thought about the impeller and what it is made of but I figured it was ok since it was moving water.? Do you know what the expected life of the water pump might be? My speedo went out on mine so I don't know exactly how many miles/hours is on it but it still has the original tires with 1/4 tread so I would guess it about 1800 or so.[quote]


I'm not sure on the life of them, just going by my experience......It would move a little water because the fins would kink sideways/ then break loose ect..

On the head gasket thing......That was what I was trying to get at with the cold start think.....sometimes a bad head gasket wioll do that, and still not get into the cylinder, because the pressure in your cylinder is WAY higher than the pressure in the radiator, it will blow compression into the radiator/ but show no other signs....I run into that all the time at work...(i'm a diesel mechanic)

 

I've also got to change the bushing in the a-arms. Do yall know what kind of task this is??