When to replace the water-pump?

I'm kind of the opinion not to touch the Rangie apart from standard maintenance in case I upset her and she throws a wobbly. However, a casual conversation with a mechanic supplied the "fact" that the 2.5 diesel water-pump fail "regular as clockwork at 120k miles". Seeing as mine is coming up to 120k miles, would it be worth replacing it as preventative maintenance?

Temperature absolutely fine and steady when driving. And, of course, I have no idea if it might have been done by a previous owner!

(1995, 2.5DT, by the way.)

They are a known fail item...and if you do replace, make sure it is a good quality OEM one with the metal impellor....

As for 120k limit...hmmmm new one on me, but they do fail over rtme

Grrrrrr said:

I'm kind of the opinion not to touch the Rangie apart from standard maintenance in case I upset her and she throws a wobbly. However, a casual conversation with a mechanic supplied the "fact" that the 2.5 diesel water-pump fail "regular as clockwork at 120k miles". Seeing as mine is coming up to 120k miles, would it be worth replacing it as preventative maintenance?

Temperature absolutely fine and steady when driving. And, of course, I have no idea if it might have been done by a previous owner!

(1995, 2.5DT, by the way.)

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I think it is worth replacing it. My husband had to replace ours in our 2.5dt, only because the fact that the blades had melted and the radiator exploded while climbing a hill with a 3 ton trailer attached. I don't think it would be difficult to replace as my husband had replaced it three times, it took him a couple of hours to change. Getting a part made by suppliers trusted by any Land Rover owner is the safest option. I had bought an after market water pump with metal blades, It did work until the seal on that went, took the blade and put it on original pump, that worked until the seal in that went too, but it is about 15 years old, ended up getting a part from either Britpart or the other one I can't remember the name at the moment.

It's better to replace it before it breaks down!

Grrrrrr said:

I'm kind of the opinion not to touch the Rangie apart from standard maintenance in case I upset her and she throws a wobbly. However, a casual conversation with a mechanic supplied the "fact" that the 2.5 diesel water-pump fail "regular as clockwork at 120k miles". Seeing as mine is coming up to 120k miles, would it be worth replacing it as preventative maintenance?

Temperature absolutely fine and steady when driving. And, of course, I have no idea if it might have been done by a previous owner!

(1995, 2.5DT, by the way.)

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I have just replaced my timing chains and checked the water pump and it was a plastic impeller so i replaced it but it still looked in good condition after 170000 miles.

I replaced mine after a aux belt pulley digested it's bearings. Figured since I had the front of the engine off I might as well replace that too. It looked healthy enough and no records of it being changed by former keepers. That was done at about 180,000 miles.

Thanks, folks. Looks like it is another Landy lottery. Think I'll leave it for a bit unless I go on a trek in the wild somewhere.

Grrrrrr said:

Thanks, folks. Looks like it is another Landy lottery. Think I'll leave it for a bit unless I go on a trek in the wild somewhere.

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Bedfordshire?