[Tony@vargasturbotech]

Well to make a long story short, picked up the new shop car had a blast at bimmerfest and started the trek back today. Got 500 miles or so out and the water pump took a shit on me. Barely makes any noise and bottom hose stays cold car overheats almost immediately. Needless to say I'm pretty frustrated. Anyone local that can swap a water pump for me or let me know who can do it for me. I would say the range I can drive is 5 maybe 10 miles. Don't want to hurt the engine. Anyone who is near here let me know. I can offer a discount on some turbos as an incentive of that's helps at all. email me. I can next day one from Tischer as they are not too far. Just need a place or local to Inatall it.

Thanks in advance

Don't drive the car, have it towed, if you were local I would give you a hand, GL.
Make sure you replace the t-stat aswell, Tischer (getbmwparts.com) is a great place to get the parts.

You have to remove it to replace the pump so it would be silly to remove the old part and put it back in.

Make sure you search the forums and do the correct bleeding procedure after filling with coolant and only use BMW Coolant premixed with distilled water in a separate container 50/50.

[tcw]

I am not in WV, but for those who are where are you in WV? Also post this in the locals section if you haven't.

[Tony@vargasturbotech]

Originally Posted by tcw

I am not in WV, but for those who are where are you in WV? Also post this in the locals section if you haven't.

MorganTown. I think I got it figured out, next daying pump. Found place to get it installed.. Tstat was replaced 6 months ago. No idea why you would go through all that work and not change the pump too with 75K on it. But were here now.

[GMWNashville]

Seems your on your way to being ok-any issues near Nashville lmk