white stuff in the water pump?
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i got my engine yesterday and started taking stuff off it to see what needs replacing, and in the water pump was some verry thick white stuff its quite hard but you can puch through it ith your finger but the pump still spins freely. has anyone any idea what this might be the engine has been stood for about 1-2 years now i think but could it be a sighn of any other trouble? i will be changing the water pump anyway but if it means anything else has gone then what?

thanks! Dan

Is it gungy, solid, dry and flaky, powdery, oily?

Give us a bit more of a clue!

i will try and get a pic if i can get the camera to work lol its quite solid it looks like cocanut to me lol

Dan

If its solid/crumbly then most likely it is a combination of old anti freeze crystallising and the alloy water pump corroding. Especially if the engine has been sat for some time with no water in it.
If you are changing the water pump anyway then I would not worry about it.

Tom

yeah i have just been to try and take a pic but it dint work verry well lol
but when i had another look i would defonatly sy it was cyrstals so most likley old antifreeze new water pumps are quite cheep so i may as well get one unless there is a recomended one to get other than the standard moss item for ?13 ish?

thanks, Dan

oh and any ideas why it wont let me log in to put my pics up? it says my username and password dont exist, but they do i swear

thanks! Dan

All water pumps are much the same really. Get one with an alloy casing they are lighter. Also make sure its a 1275 pump, the 998 early ones had a smaller impellor.

If you think its coconut it could be that a monkey has hidden some in your engine as a joke. Why not taste some, let us know what its like LOL

As for pictures, the login for photo hosting uses a different user name and password than the one you use for the forum, caught me out to begin with as well. You need to sign up again for the photo section.

IT DOES NOT TASTE LIKE COCONUT!!!!!























LMAO only joking i dint taste it
lol

thanks i will sighn up for that again then:)

other question, i went to moss to buy radiator hoses and i was not aware that there were like 100 different kinds!! wich ones is it i need? also the thermostat housing the meto one is huuuge compared to my 1 litre one, and the rad lol
any ideas?

thanks, Dan

Ask me another.

They are far better placed to answer that question for you than I am, so ask the guys at Moss they should be able to direct you.

yeah tom they said it would be best for me to go back next week and speak to the 'mini guy' thats there as he knows more about minis than the rest of them there, tho the guy that served me dint seem a bad lad, he knew some stuff, maybee as much as me, but not about wich rad hoses/thermostat housing to get lol

thanks, Dan