Clean Racing
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- Bellingham, Wa
Ok I need to throw this out there and see if anyone else has had the same issue.
Jeep overheated two weeks ago, condemned the water pump. Had installed it when I built the engine over a year ago. Factory jeep water pump, never had issues before. Now the water pump is off and you can see where the impeller has been hitting the inside of the block. Go to install the new water pump (hesco with billet impeller) and it will not sit flush with the block. Grab a new factory jeep pump, and it will not sit flush with the block a little over 1/8" gap between the block and water pump housing. I am guessing that JEEP was lazy that day when this block was machined and did not cut the pocket out deep enough. Has anyone ever run into this.. I have a new engine getting machined right now, but was not planning on swapping out this soon.. I am open to suggestions at the moment.. I plan on calling Hesco in the morning.. Thanks..
Jeep overheated two weeks ago, condemned the water pump. Had installed it when I built the engine over a year ago. Factory jeep water pump, never had issues before. Now the water pump is off and you can see where the impeller has been hitting the inside of the block. Go to install the new water pump (hesco with billet impeller) and it will not sit flush with the block. Grab a new factory jeep pump, and it will not sit flush with the block a little over 1/8" gap between the block and water pump housing. I am guessing that JEEP was lazy that day when this block was machined and did not cut the pocket out deep enough. Has anyone ever run into this.. I have a new engine getting machined right now, but was not planning on swapping out this soon.. I am open to suggestions at the moment.. I plan on calling Hesco in the morning.. Thanks..