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Originally Posted by GrahamBrown1
Do you know what water pump was fitted?
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Originally Posted by Kev0607
Its rare, but I wouldn’t say it never happens either.
Garage would have to do a pressure test to find out what’s going on. It does seem odd that the car has just started acting up after a water pump change.
Out of curiosity, why was the pump changed? Water pump failure is very rare on these engines (assuming it was original)?
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Originally Posted by Simmy
buy a sniff test to see in any combustion gasses are present in the header tank but i would suspect the water pump or gasket as these are more difficult to fit than the earlier d5 pumps was it done by a trusted volvo specialist?
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Part will be OEM but unsure which make. I can find out though.
Yes they've suggested a pressure test. This is the thing though. The car was driven to me by the dealership (2hours) and I took it for a 15 minute spin after receiving it. I didn't drive it that hard, but I didn't encounter any issues and they don't strike me as a dealership who would try that on. They've actually been quite co operative with the other niggles. In a nutshell, I can't be sure the fault didn't exist before the work was done as after the initial drive, I hardly drove it until the cambelt, aux & tensioners were done the following week.
In all honesty, I asked for the water pump to be changed as I've always changed the water pumps when I've done a cambelt myself or had garages do the work. Always seemed to make sense. They are not a Volvo specialist but they are a good independent with a lot of experience in cars and larger commercial vehicles. If it turns out to be an issue from what they've done, they'll put it right. I've used them for years now and have a good relationship.
Do these cars need a Volvo specialist? Have I missed something there perhaps.