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Postby Red928s on Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:53 pm

Help me out, i just moved down here from San Jose and i need a good reliable mechanic that knows his stuff. Im in the san diego state area (close to qualcomm) id apreciate any recomendations. My water pump started leaking yesterday. Thanks
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Postby Jad on Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:53 pm

Dieters downtown is probably best for a 928. Most shops don't want to work on them as even little things like a waterpump can be VERY expensive.

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Postby ttweed on Wed Dec 01, 2004 9:12 am

If you're going to do the water pump, you might as well do the timing belt while you're in there, if it hasn't been replaced in 40K miles or more. Having one of those go out can be REALLY expensive.

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Postby Greg Phillips on Thu Dec 02, 2004 8:57 am

Who knew that Tom's 911 had a timing belt :lol:
Yes, Dieter's has been taking care of my 928's over the years and if the water pump is replaced the timing belt should be part of the service while you are in there. :wink:

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Postby Jad on Thu Dec 02, 2004 9:10 am

Forget the timing belt, who knew Tom knew what a waterpump was :lol:
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Postby ttweed on Thu Dec 02, 2004 10:19 am

Hey now, you guys are forgetting that I owned a 1991 928 for awhile in late 2000, early 2001. I inherited it from my Dad when he died. It had 35,000 original miles on it, and I took it into Steve to get an assessment done on it. $2500 later, I had a new waterpump and timing belt and a couple other minor things fixed. I promptly sold the car to Lee Hurty, who is still happily driving and upgrading it.
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My 911s have timing chains, not rubber belts!

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Postby kary on Thu Dec 02, 2004 10:26 am

I'll bet most water pumpers can't even point the the water pump :lol:
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Postby Jad on Thu Dec 02, 2004 10:41 am

I bet I can find my waterpump faster than you can find your oil pump :wink:

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Postby kary on Thu Dec 02, 2004 2:30 pm

Jad wrote:I bet I can find my waterpump faster than you can find your oil pump :wink:

Does this still count as a technical discussion?


You bet it counts as technical disucssion!
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Postby MikeD on Thu Dec 02, 2004 2:43 pm

kary wrote:I'll bet most water pumpers can't even point the the water pump :lol:


My car has a waterpump? :shock: I always wondered why the nickname "waterpumper", now I know :roll:
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Postby Jad on Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:27 pm

Waterpumps are why my car is soooo fast, it has 2! One for the engine and an extra special secret one for the turbo after shutdown :wink:

and I can find them both!

And before the smart a** replies, I took out the windshield washer waterpump to improve airflow to the brakes, so I don't have 3.
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Postby kary on Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:35 pm

Jad wrote:Waterpumps are why my car is soooo fast, it has 2! One for the engine and an extra special secret one for the turbo after shutdown :wink:

and I can find them both!

And before the smart a** replies, I took out the windshield washer waterpump to improve airflow to the brakes, so I don't have 3.


Wooow!! I never thought of it that way. My 911 has a water pump in for the windshield wipers!!! I will have to have that removed right way with the other items I already took out!!!!
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Postby Jad on Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:44 pm

Kary, kary, kary, so all this time you have been a waterpumper :lol:

Come to think of it, my car is partially cooled by oil, maybe we can all just get along. :roll:
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Postby kary on Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:07 pm

Jad wrote:Kary, kary, kary, so all this time you have been a waterpumper :lol:

Come to think of it, my car is partially cooled by oil, maybe we can all just get along. :roll:


Jad, technically no, I never turned it on to run the car! :lol: ! :lol: ! That was a close one! :shock:
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Postby Red928s on Fri Dec 03, 2004 2:20 am

hey guys, i appreciate the help. I took the car down to dieters and they are gonna take a look at it tommorow. I'm pretty sure its the water pump so I'll be doing the timing belts also. Sometimes i wish i still had my yamaha r6 (a lot cheaper). Anyways thanks again, ill be out there at the autoX's soon
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