Hi Gang,

I have 88 325 E30....recently I started getting this metallic rustling sound
in my car....I'm pretty I have it isolated and it is the water pump. I
think the bearings are gettign ready to go on water pump. I have only
116,000 miles on the car.

A couple of questions:

1) Is it normal for the water pump to go around this mileage?
2) Appromixately cost it should take to get it replaced...just trying avoid
getting ripped off.

Many thanx.
-Alex

Difficult to give you an estimate of price, not knowing where you are.

Labour cost should be about 4 hours to do the water pump and timing belt. If
your belt is any more than a few weeks old, it should be replaced with the
pump.


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"Alex" <rksdc (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Water pumps on this engine have plastic parts and are notorious for not
lasting very long. I replaced one from an online store for US$35 last year.

Steve

"Alex" <rksdc (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

No they don't.

No E30 had plastic in the water pump.


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"Steve Burley" <sjburley (AT) paradise (DOT) net.nz> wrote

The one I changed was in a 325i but the engine may have oringinally been in
a 525i - I assumed the 325i and 525i were the same engine. Anyway it
definitely had plastic guts in the pump that squeaked alot.

Steve

"KMS - Brett Anderson" <gotomywebsite (AT) toemailme (DOT) com> wrote

You're obviously talking about an E36 325i.

No M20 engine ever had a plastic water pump impellor. All E36 did, up until
May 1996.

Brett Anderson
KMS

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"Steve Burley" <sjburley (AT) paradise (DOT) net.nz> wrote