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Old 09-18-2007, 07:39 PM
Kendall Kendall is offline
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Originally Posted by JohnD
JCL - Thanks for the input... I have seen a few threads about changing the waterpump, but am not sure if it is needed. One the E36 boards the recommended changing the waterpump every 45K, which seemed excessive. I finally changed the one in my 328IS out at 110K - not because I had to but because I figured it was on borrowed time

I'd change waterpumps when they start leaking... I changed a waterpump once as preventive maintenance and it leaked after 10k miles... Every replacement waterpump seems to last only 40-50k miles or so.. I've put on 200k + miles on a couple BMW's I owned so I would know..
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