[Unklian]

Hi.

Not been mentioned for a bit, but if your coolant level drops,
you may have a failing water pump.

Mine seems to have failed very suddenly at 14000 miles.

Look into the engine bay on the offside of the car.
(In front of the steering wheel in UK).

Note the pink, dried coolant on the waterpump pulley.



In for repair Wednesday.

Ian.

[manalishi]

Hmmm... not so good. Yours still under warranty, I take it?

Thanks for posting such a perfect illustration of what to look for.

Aygo doesn't seem to have much luck with water, does it...

[Unklian]

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[timcrasher]

I had a new water pump fitted, when my car had it's annual service. Apparently the dealer notice some slight staining and changed it because they had one in stock.
I hadn't noticed any drop in the coolant level so it must of been very slight.
With regards to them changing it because they had one in stock, is it because they are a known problem?

[Unklian]

timcrasher, on Mar 24 2009, 08:06 AM, said:

I had a new water pump fitted, when my car had it's annual service. Apparently the dealer notice some slight staining and changed it because they had one in stock.
I hadn't noticed any drop in the coolant level so it must of been very slight.
With regards to them changing it because they had one in stock, is it because they are a known problem?

I notice one or two people have had waterpumps changed.

Not many from the huge numbers of AYGO owners.
It always looks worse on forums as thats where people go when their car has a problem.
I suppose they could be better made. I'm asking for my old one to examine it and see why it failed.

At least your dealer noticed.

Ian.

[SJandMR2]

I had my water punp changed under warranty on my first Aygo, being my first car and only a month old then I looked under the bonnet and it looked as if there had been some major pink candyfloss type explosion! Was a tad confused.

[daveyjp]

After reading this I had a look under the bonnet and there's evidence of pink around the pullies on ours - not as bad as the picture, but it is there.

Coolant is about 1/4 full - a couple of inches above the 'L' mark.

Time for a dealer visit.

[Unklian]

daveyjp, on Mar 30 2009, 02:08 PM, said:

After reading this I had a look under the bonnet and there's evidence of pink around the pullies on ours - not as bad as the picture, but it is there.

Coolant is about 1/4 full - a couple of inches above the 'L' mark.

Time for a dealer visit.

I notice my new pump is slightly different

The "centre" portion, instead of being much smaller than the
outer pulley, now completely fills the pulley.

I presume this is a different design as a few of the old ones have failed.

Ian.

[daveyjp]

Car inspected at 10.00am. Replacement water pump required. Dealer had a courtesy car available so it was left with them.

Update - had a call on Thursday to say car not fixed. Dealer is in contact with Toyota HQ finding out why it will take until 12 May - yes 6 weeks - for a new water pump to arrive.

Expecting an update call on Monday. If it is to take so long we get a long term courtesy car.

Maybe Parts King can confirm if this part is on a lengthy back order. I'm thankful the Aygo is a second car which doesn't do many miles.

[daveyjp]

Well despite being told it would be mid May the car was ready today - I wonder if there's a new Aygo somewhere waiting for a waterpump!

As Unklian says the new pump is different.

After driving a few miles in a Micra over the last week or so both me and my wife are really pleased to get the Aygo back. The thrummy engine noise and extremely flexible 2nd and 3rd gear were both missed on the Nissan.

[PearlJam]

My Aygo had its 2nd service on Friday and as I was paying for it the guy told me they'd noticed the water pump had been leaking at some stage but there was now a crust built up around it which was sealing it again. He placed an order for a new one, thankfully the car's still under warranty, but he said there's something like 600 of them on order so it'll be a few weeks.

[adilmon]

An additional unlimited mileage 2 year warranty for the Aygo (making it 5 years in total) is £525, which includes RAC cover. If you wait until your existing warranty runs out the price is over £700.

Warranty can be renewed up to 7 years or 100,000 miles

[speedingsivi]

I have just been in to see my dealership because there was a squeaking noise when the car was at idle, and apparently it was the water pump....

[Parts-King]

daveyjp, on Apr 1 2009, 12:18 PM, said:

Maybe Parts King can confirm if this part is on a lengthy back order. I'm thankful the Aygo is a second car which doesn't do many miles.

Sorry I missed this post, YES there are still a lot of back orders on these water pumps of about 5 weeks

Kingo

[kav]

changed under warranty after 60.000 km.
old one was not turning properly, due to teflon failure...