airtex brand water pump for dmax

[dmaxvaz]

how many of you have used this brand water pump? good or bad? i changed my water pump yesterday and i sounds like i have an annoying whine now. wasnt there before the swap

 

[duratothemax]

Vaz was it that cheap 110 dollar one from advance auto?? Thats the one I bought, lifetime warranty, works great.

Are you sure its not an idler pulley going bad? Pull the belt off and see if it still makes the noise.

ben

 

[dmaxvaz]

vaz was it that cheap 110 dollar one from advance auto?? Thats the one i bought, lifetime warranty, works great.

Are you sure its not an idler pulley going bad? Pull the belt off and see if it still makes the noise.

Ben

yes, it is the $110 one from advance auto, also i put all new idlers(2) and tensioner pulleys(1); its still there i also ran it without the belt and the noise is there

 

[skintback]

Yes i have put the same pump on a truck and it sounded like what you are saying but it went away after a few days of driving it.

 

[dmaxvaz]

Yes i have put the same pump on a truck and it sounded like what you are saying but it went away after a few days of driving it.

thanks buddy, i was going to tear it down again

 

[delong_1]

i went through a couple of those for that same reason, and several other brands. i still have the airtex in it and it still makes just a little bit of noise but nothing compared to the others.

 

[TheBac]

Gasuout posted about whining pumps a while back. Turned out the gears on the ones he was getting were cut slightly different, so they whined.

My el-cheapo NAPA reman pump is still doing fine.

 

[dmaxvaz]

Gasuout posted about whining pumps a while back. Turned out the gears on the ones he was getting were cut slightly different, so they whined.

My el-cheapo NAPA reman pump is still doing fine.

so, i have to change this pump out? f**k! what a pain in the a$$ it was. not that its hard to do, just time consuming sorry Tom; i'm just venting

 

[delong_1]

also going with what Tom said, in Johnny's post he said that the best way to tell if the pump would be correct or noise is to put it in without the housing and see if it has any play. if it has play it will be loud.

in my experience with the several pumps i tried the more play the more noise.

hope this helps.

 

[dmaxvaz]

also going with what Tom said, in Johnny's post he said that the best way to tell if the pump would be correct or noise is to put it in without the housing and see if it has any play. if it has play it will be loud.

in my experience with the several pumps i tried the more play the more noise.

hope this helps.

should i take it out? or just leave it alone (turn up the radio, so i dont hear that f'n noise!)

 

[delong_1]

if the sound is real loud or it bothers you ya, if its not terrible you might leave it for a while and see if it gets better.

mine was noticable but its slowly getting better. i was going to change it that weekend but after 5 or so in one weekend i got tired of swapping them.

 

[dmaxvaz]

if the sound is real loud or it bothers you ya, if its not terrible you might leave it for a while and see if it gets better.

mine was noticable but its slowly getting better. i was going to change it that weekend but after 5 or so in one weekend i got tired of swapping them.

5 of them? wtf is the matter with mfg? i feel the pain

 

[delong_1]

the sad thing is the napa reman was by far the worst. the bad thing is they wouldnt let me just return the damn thing, that is why i didnt go for a gm pump.

 

[dmaxvaz]

the sad thing is the napa reman was by far the worst. the bad thing is they wouldnt let me just return the damn thing, that is why i didnt go for a gm pump.

i should have bought a gm pump too. why didnt they let you return them?

 

[delong_1]

they have a lifetime warranty....