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Re: A good reason for doing water pumps WITH timing belts.
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 10/14/2003

RE: Water pumps and Japanese OHC engines

In the early 1980s as it became apparent that the solubility limitations of silicates damaged water pump seals, the Japanese took a different approach to addressing the issue than American manufacturers.

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