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Alan
Alan McColl

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Waterpump rotation
Posted by: Alan
Date: June 28, 2014 07:24PM

Did 3.5 rover conversion and been chasing overheating problem. Had the rad guy's look at it thought it could be the rad is to small.
Turns out the water is flowing the wrong way. I installed a buick 215 pump with ac thinking it would be better than the regular pump.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks


ex-tyke
Graham Creswick
Chatham, Ontario, Canada
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10/25/2007 11:17AM

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1976 MGB Ford 302

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Re: Waterpump rotation
Posted by: ex-tyke
Date: June 28, 2014 09:29PM

The two pumps should flow the same - the difference is that the AC pump has the pump inlet angled down more to clear accessory drive components. Looking from the front, the pump should be turning clockwise.
How about posting some photos from your setup so that we can see the design. Maybe, for example, your fan blades might be reversed...or the plumbing could be incorrect....photos will help diagnose potential trouble points.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/29/2014 09:43AM by ex-tyke.


MGBV8
Carl Floyd
Kingsport, TN
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10/23/2007 11:32PM

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1979 MGB Buick 215

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Re: Waterpump rotation
Posted by: MGBV8
Date: June 29, 2014 12:54AM

Do you have a serpentine belt setup, by chance?


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