I just replaced my waterpump in my 95 SE ATX yesterday(7/10/02)at 79,242 miles. I drive the car long distances at late night early morning hours regularly, but fourtunately I happened to be near home when the temp hit the red! I replaced it with one from Advance Auto which is also plastic. I only found about 1/3 of the original impeller so I guess the rest of it was ground down to a fine dust(I HOPE!). I can't see how any large pieces could have gone into the hoses to cause restriction. In anycase, I changed it in my driveway along with the thermostate in about a half an hour and now the car seems to run just as it did originally. Should I go buy a metal impeller waterpump and replace my new replacement just to be safe???
Al