How do you tell if a Water Pump is good?

[amalventano at sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

i would go based on if it looks used or not. the water pump is just too 
cheap, and takes too much work to swap later on. if the engine is torn down 
to a state where the pump is off, a new one should go on - unless you're 
sure its a newer pump.
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Walter" <dswalterwi@gmail.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 9:02 PM
Subject: How do you tell if a Water Pump is good?


>I have a complete Water Pump and housing but don't no if there is a
> way to tell if it is any good.  I suppose the worst case is I could
> just buy a new pump and attatch it to the housing and bolt it on.
>
> Oh I forgot to mention I building a new 2L 16V for my Scirocco.  If
> any one has any of the bolt on parts like oil filter housing, breather
> housing, etc...  I would be interested so I don't have to rape my
> other engines.
>
> -- 
> Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> 1986 1.8 16V Black Scirocco
> 1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
> 1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
> 1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
> 1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
> 1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
> 1969 Beetle (sold)
>
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