weekend trip ended in smoke...

[Coisman]

imp:
Moranor, you would just go and do anything to get out of a race with me!!

 

[herr bmw]

cois,ive seen moranor drive,we traveled the same route after saying good bye and he diappeared,he loves corners

 

[moranor@axis]

Hope you find one. Whats the mileage on your car.

my car is currently on 185k im not sure if the pump was ever changed before i think im going to change it every 100k or so...

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thats a bad one,glad you brought the car safely to a stand still.

ive seen how you like taking corners and could have gone very wrong

no comment on what speed i was doing when this happend :fencelook:

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If the pulley can still turn then you should be able to drive the car, you will just have a hell of a time trying to turn the steering wheel.

From what moranor described it would seem that a part of the impeller or something broke off inside the pump and jammed the shaft and preventing the pulley from turning, in this case I don't thing you would be able to drive the car for very long, as the belt would probably giving quickly due to the friction, and this would very bad as the waterpump is driven from the same belt. So can and could have been very bad indeed.

100% thats why i had to stop... i would have still gone on the trip if the power steering was on a different belt... the steering was not that heavy reminded me of my 1st car where i fitted silly wide tires and could hardly park :rollsmile:

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imp:
Moranor, you would just go and do anything to get out of a race with me!!

if you let me know you were coming down i would have told my car it cant break

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cois,ive seen moranor drive,we traveled the same route after saying good bye and he diappeared,he loves corners

to be fair you were not trying to keep up :rollsmile:

 

[sclass]

Sorry ma man, it's a sickening feeling when something goes pop/bang/snap when you're driving. At least you're ok :thumbs:

Best quote I got for my car's p/s pump was R2.2k but surely that can be bettered? Don't know about quality though :fencelook:

 

[moranor@axis]

getting a pump from DBN toady for R1650 the pmb guys are useless on the weekend...

 

[herr bmw]

actually tried to keep up,but alas you knew the road better than me :rollsmile:

 

[moranor@axis]

that just means you need to come down more often

 

[herr bmw]

that just means you need to come down more often

i will not argue about that:rollsmile:

 

[Sankekur]

that just means you need to come down more often

Also need to do this :grin:

 

[herr bmw]

we should do a run down there,know the vw club do it for the auto style show

 

[moranor@axis]

maybe next time you will have the new rims and some nice wide tires :rollsmile:

 

[herr bmw]

most probably only coming down on holiday next year,so yes rims and tyres will be on by then,thats if i can make up my mind about the colour:rollsmile:

 

[moranor@axis]

you could have 4 different colours

 

[Sankekur]

Then he would at least fit in at the autostyle show :rollsmile:

 

[frikkieh]

My steering pump is moaning at me for a replacement soon.
Have you got your car sorted?

 

[moranor@axis]

pump is fitted and is working great... but it does make more noise than the old one... maybe i should look at getting a better pump...

 

[DROP IT - ZN]

Moranor did you get the pump from Martin's?

 

[Philip Foglar]

pump is fitted and is working great... but it does make more noise than the old one... maybe i should look at getting a better pump...

That's odd! What brand and type did you get? Did you DIY fit it too?

 

[moranor@axis]

Moranor did you get the pump from Martin's?

yip thats the one... my old pump was completely quiet... this one you can hear working... its not very loud but i know i did not hear the last one till it exploded :rollsmile:

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pump is fitted and is working great... but it does make more noise than the old one... maybe i should look at getting a better pump...

That's odd! What brand and type did you get? Did you DIY fit it too?

its some no name brand thing... i think im going to try find a LUK pump...

 

[Sabretooth tiger]

Damn that's dangerous dude, glad you got it to a stop safely.