Important news for 924 owners

[924nutter]

I have just been on the telephone to my local O.P.C. for a new water-pump for my 924 turbo. I use the O.P.C. because the last one I bought from them for my other 924 was the best price available at the time, £28+vat exchange. I was informed today the pump has now been discontinued, which means we will have to go to the independents for a spare now, which is a shame, because of the price and the quality of the Porsche pump. I have nothing against pattern pumps per se, its just that the last indie pump I bought had a pressed steel impeller, with no backplate, whereas the original pump has a cast impeller with integral plate, which I would have thought created a better flow because it has fewer back-flow losses. That said I have never had cooling problems with a fully functioning system, using either pump. I just thought you would all like to know, especially those of you who prefer to use genuine parts on your car.

 

[924nutter]

Update. I recieved my new pump from Porscheshop, and I am very pleased with it. As quality goes it must be high end. It came complete with gasket and features the cast impeller that I mentioned in my first post. There is an interesting spotface machined right where you would expect to see the VW logo on an original pump. Any way, as with everything else on this car, fitting it was a complete B, as half the stuff that I took off to do the head had to come off again, but at least the bolts were "cracked" and came out nice and easily.