I guess i'll be picking up a genuine Nissan pump soon
1st pump, after 20 miles
2nd pump, after 75 miles
Whilst I am a professional mechanic and would like to think I can manage to fit a water pump without f*cking it up, I'm not so arrogant that I wont welcome any advice. So, is there some trick I've missed? If the original (genuine) pump had failed in the same way I'd think that there was some other contributing factor, missaligned pulleys etc, but the original gasket had leaked so i decided to replace the pump whilst I was at it. I cant blame the alternator belt tension as the belt had been tensioned by myself originally and had caused the oem pump no problems. The belt is a genuine nissan part, and the pulleys are aftermarket aluminium items if that makes any odds.
So any ideas? Is there an obvious fault or are Blueprint Water pumps just shockingly bad quality?
Also, where's best/cheapest for a genuine pump?
Thanks