OE water pump? Jim Bailey.
10-03-2007, 12:10 AM
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Adam,
If you had purchased that WP from my company. I would stand by my products. I have yet to find anything wrong with a rebuilt Laso WP. I like many other companies sell rebuilt pumps from perhaps one rebuilder. Like any of the the reputable companies I will refund or replace the WP if one so desires, though at this point there is no point in doing so as most of the WP in the market are Laso and have no problems other than a very small % that can be equally applied to any product including the WP supplied by Porsche. If anyone can show me that a rebuilt WP with a Laso casting is an issue I will refund their money.
I see no evidence in the searches I made that rebuilt Laso casting is a bad pump. The vast majority of pumps in the market are Laso and I am beginning to beleive they are the OEM manufacture contary to what I have been told in this thread. My supplier of rebuilt pumps is the same as used by many other suppliers. I fit the same pumps to all my cars and all my customers cars with no issues.
So again I would ask the question concerning Laso castings - why are they bad??????
If we find that the OEM manufacturer of WP's is Laso then all the WP's out there are Laso in one form or another.
Very interesting subject!!!
If you had purchased that WP from my company. I would stand by my products. I have yet to find anything wrong with a rebuilt Laso WP. I like many other companies sell rebuilt pumps from perhaps one rebuilder. Like any of the the reputable companies I will refund or replace the WP if one so desires, though at this point there is no point in doing so as most of the WP in the market are Laso and have no problems other than a very small % that can be equally applied to any product including the WP supplied by Porsche. If anyone can show me that a rebuilt WP with a Laso casting is an issue I will refund their money.
I see no evidence in the searches I made that rebuilt Laso casting is a bad pump. The vast majority of pumps in the market are Laso and I am beginning to beleive they are the OEM manufacture contary to what I have been told in this thread. My supplier of rebuilt pumps is the same as used by many other suppliers. I fit the same pumps to all my cars and all my customers cars with no issues.
So again I would ask the question concerning Laso castings - why are they bad??????
If we find that the OEM manufacturer of WP's is Laso then all the WP's out there are Laso in one form or another.
Very interesting subject!!!
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10-03-2007, 12:39 AM
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I asked for a plastic impeller when I replaced mine but nobody had them at the time. I'd rather spend a few hundred dollars and a few hours replacing the pump then spend thousands of dollars and 10s of hours rebuilding my engine.
10-03-2007, 12:59 AM
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So Matt in your eyes the issue is plastic v metal.
When in the position of buying metal or Plastic Jim at 928 Int advised me that the metal impellar was a better bet as it was most likely to stay on the shaft. I took his advice and fitted a metal impeller to my GTS and after that all my cars. I still follow his advice to this day.
Ask Mark Kibort which he would prefer????
When in the position of buying metal or Plastic Jim at 928 Int advised me that the metal impellar was a better bet as it was most likely to stay on the shaft. I took his advice and fitted a metal impeller to my GTS and after that all my cars. I still follow his advice to this day.
Ask Mark Kibort which he would prefer????
10-03-2007, 10:43 AM
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So Matt in your eyes the issue is plastic v metal.
When in the position of buying metal or Plastic Jim at 928 Int advised me that the metal impellar was a better bet as it was most likely to stay on the shaft. I took his advice and fitted a metal impeller to my GTS and after that all my cars. I still follow his advice to this day.
Ask Mark Kibort which he would prefer????
When in the position of buying metal or Plastic Jim at 928 Int advised me that the metal impellar was a better bet as it was most likely to stay on the shaft. I took his advice and fitted a metal impeller to my GTS and after that all my cars. I still follow his advice to this day.
Ask Mark Kibort which he would prefer????
Amsoil is so perfect that it doesn't require a waterpump to be installed in the Holbert car.
10-03-2007, 11:56 AM
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Marton, Who made the WP? Was anything wrong with the casting? Roger
928 int. accepted it as a core; I posted it to them before I ordered the rebuilt one.
So far as I remember the casting was OK, it was just that the WP seized.
I took some fotos, I will email them to you later after I check them to se eif they are any good...
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10-03-2007, 01:55 PM
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Well this thread has gone very quiet.
Anyone have any factual information on why a Laso casting should not be used in a rebuilt?
I have contacted customer support at Laso and witing for a formal answer about Laso being an OEM Porsche supplier.
Nicole, If you are out there I would value your thoughts on this question please?
Anyone have any factual information on why a Laso casting should not be used in a rebuilt?
I have contacted customer support at Laso and witing for a formal answer about Laso being an OEM Porsche supplier.
Nicole, If you are out there I would value your thoughts on this question please?
10-03-2007, 02:15 PM
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Few Laso castings I have seen do look different than factory pumps exactly as those pics show. Making sasting molds is expensive. If Laso were OEM there would not be any point in having different mold for OEM and none OEM pumps done in same production line.
All new Laso pump castings sold locally have been very very grude. Its like nothing is done to them to clean up after machining. This in itself doesn't cause problems but shows how much manufacturer cared to do good quality work. If similar cost cuting measures were taken with bearings, seals and shafts I can see this to be serious problem.
Question why Laso pumps are not accepted as core for rebuild could have something to do with inferior quality parts in them or it could simply be that they are more difficult to rebuild due to their different design.
All new Laso pump castings sold locally have been very very grude. Its like nothing is done to them to clean up after machining. This in itself doesn't cause problems but shows how much manufacturer cared to do good quality work. If similar cost cuting measures were taken with bearings, seals and shafts I can see this to be serious problem.
Question why Laso pumps are not accepted as core for rebuild could have something to do with inferior quality parts in them or it could simply be that they are more difficult to rebuild due to their different design.