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Also, bits of the defunct vane may be lodged in your cooling lines or more likely in the heat exchanger - thus preventing good cooling. If you haven't pulled the HE apart yet, that might be a next step.
Rufus
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Subject: lv-ab: Overheating
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 23:19:47 -0800
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> It would seem to me that a water pump impeller that had lost
> a vane, tooth, or whatever we call it, was failing. Those
> things rely on the strength of the vanes to pump the water.
> The higher the RPM, the more strength required.
> I would re-assemble the whole thing with the new pump
> impeller and try it again, watching the temperature closely!
>
> Eric Thompson
> S/V Procrastinator
> South San Francisco
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