ok so the water pump neck piece, aka thermostat cover thing that connects to the upper rad hose, split apart on me today (actually on my friend, who didnt turn my electric fan on as a i instructed him too before taking my car for a trip).



i have a ghetto fix with hose clamps and some hose and aluminum duct tape holding it together and preventing it from leaking but i'd like to get a replacement.



anyone selling one or know the best place to grab one online? im hoping the junkyard still has a motor so hopefully i can grab one but its doubtful.



kevin.

I have some S4 ones but you will need an S5 one, I havent seen many S5's in junk yards, good luck https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png



You might want to swap over to the S4 WP/housing/thermostat housing assembly, that setup has an aluminum one that won't crack like the plastic one does.

wanna sell me those 3 s4 things... dont feel like removing a junkyard wp https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png.



kevin.

wanna sell me those 3 s4 things... dont feel like removing a junkyard wp https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png.



kevin. [/quote]

I wish I could, but I just sold bigturbo74 my last S4 water pump housing https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub..._DIR#>/sad.png I'm sure someone else on the forum has the parts from a S4 they can sell you.



Don't forget the shims on the studs protruding from the front housing when you do the job, they go on the studs that don't get the gasket on them.



I'll let you know if I come across anything in the next few days.

yah dont get a used s4 neck, they all break like that

you mean dont get a used s5 neck?



kevin.

yeah thats what i said

yeah thats what i said [/quote]

i figured.



kevin.

haha

someone needs to make a aluminum S5 housing.

seriously, id rather replace it with an aluminum one.



kevin.

easier said than done, i want some PM's about a alloy S5 water neck and i'll do it

I got an s4 waterpump housing a water pump and that neck thing to.

Im willing to part with that stuff

yup they always break.. mines broke twice in about 4 years.. its about 75 or 85 from mazda.. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683473.gif

PM me a price or perhaps we can work some sorta trade if you need some random parts i might have.



kevin.

why not make them and offer them for sale, I would bet you would

sell a few of them.



by the way, I bet I can fix your plastic one no problem.