@knwatkins2

Thank you for the reply I shall have a look and see if I can spot a sticker.

Cheers,

Tingle.

My local indy (who i've only used once before) tells me the waterpump is normally done at the same time which made sense but another one says its not normally done as its not driven by the timing belt.

Anyone here know?

Cheers,

Pete. L494 3.0L SDV6 Autobiography in Chile Red (Current)
L320 3.0L SDV6 Autobiography in Baltic Blue (RIP 29/03/2021 insurance total loss)

It's not driven by the timing belt, it's driven by the auxiliary belt.

It's up to you if you want to change it. They are about £75. Kev

MY2014 L405 RR Vogue SE 4.4 SDV8 in Corris Grey
MY2010 L320 RRS HSE 3.0 TDV6 in Stornoway Grey

Cheers Kev, is it worth doing, are they prone to failure?

knwatkins wrote:

It's not driven by the timing belt, it's driven by the auxiliary belt.

It's up to you if you want to change it. They are about £75.

Personally, I wouldn't. I'd just replace it if its noisy. It's one of those things though, some people replace them because it makes them feel better.

The way I think of it is that there are many other things that could potentially fail on the vehicle that would result in a nightmare situation so why single out the waterpump? What about the oil pump, turbos, hoses, brake servo, vacuum pump etc.?

If it was that critical to be replaced at a certain interval, it would be on the service schedule along with the belts.

That's just my two penneth. I'm sure other people will have different views. Kev

MY2014 L405 RR Vogue SE 4.4 SDV8 in Corris Grey
MY2010 L320 RRS HSE 3.0 TDV6 in Stornoway Grey

Reasonable way of looking at it, i think i'll adopt the same stance!

knwatkins wrote:

Personally, I wouldn't. I'd just replace it if its noisy. It's one of those things though, some people replace them because it makes them feel better.

The way I think of it is that there are many other things that could potentially fail on the vehicle that would result in a nightmare situation so why single out the waterpump? What about the oil pump, turbos, hoses, brake servo, vacuum pump etc.?

If it was that critical to be replaced at a certain interval, it would be on the service schedule along with the belts.

That's just my two penneth. I'm sure other people will have different views.

Just had a quote for my 2012 today and it was £630 from my local indy