1999 V70 NA cooling issue [Broken Water pump Impeller]

Post by **abscate** » 26 Mar 2021, 19:19

HolySmokes, Batman!

That is a rare site on aVolvo pump.

Azik09 · Post by **Azik09** » 27 Mar 2021, 12:02

Plastic impeller, as I can see... It can not be Aisin!!

patsusedparts · Post by **patsusedparts** » 01 Apr 2021, 07:17

So I wanted to wrap this up. I fixed the car, so all is well on that front.

A few people have inquired about the old pump. I am attaching a photo of the only marking on it. I actually did not purchase or install that pump in 2012. The car's previous owner (friend of mine) brought it to a shop for service. They said it had jumped time and the belt etc needed to be replaced. The owner approved the work. The next day the shop called and said "we replaced the timing belt but now it won't start at all, so you must have bent valves from the jumped timing". At that point the guy said NO to the $3300 the shop wanted to fix it, and he sold it to me, rather than send it off to a salvage yard.
Short finding, the shop had the timing way off. So I pulled the head, (nothing was bent) and had the valve job done and put it all back together. And I drove it for 9 years with the parts that shop had installed.

So back to the pump, the only brand I see is "Altrom". Which I am not familiar with (obviously, I'll remember it NOW!!)

Post by **abscate** » 01 Apr 2021, 08:06

JUst scouring the interwebs for info on Altrom...

It looks like the make OEM parts for a lot of Japanese models, and distribute through Rock Auto and NAPA

NAPA reportedly owns them, in one thread.

They sure as Hades do not make the OEM AISIN pump for Volvo - as that has a metal impeller.

9 years isnt bad on a water pump, though, but Volvo says it goes 210k before replacement on the P80 line.