Well I have heard loud and clear the issue with the V6 water pump and since my SVT has 45K on it I decided to look into replacing it.
Problem:
1)Talked to Ford who said that the waterpumps are still built with plastic impellars since the overall weight(light) is required for the high velocity spin.
2) Talk to a bunch of suppliers who called the water pump factory, and they said they still make them in plastic otherwise the bearing will be shot in 10 thousnad miles if metal
3) Talked to a supplier of metal impellars, and he said, well I have seen no problems.....the problem is these pumps seem to be off shore units and they say they use the metal to save money...Its cheaper than a casting for the plastic.
SO how has the metal impellars hold up?
And why is Ford so admimant on keeping with the plastic??
