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Old 11-23-2006, 12:27 PM
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Default Is my water pump toast?
I have an '01 S8 with 58K miles. The coolant is not being circulated and the water temp rises dangerously within a few mile drive. I'm no mechanic, but this would seem to be a bad water pump. Am I correct?

If it is the water pump, should I go ahead and change the timing belt as well?

What a bummer of a Thanksgiving...
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most common problem on those is thermostat
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Default Yup, maybe not such a bad Thanksgiving after all ...
But still a bit of work
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Default agreed, with that mileage I would be tempted to just change the thermostat. Someone here did it w/o
removing the TB. Just my .02, others might say do the belt and pump while you're in there...

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By buddy with the S6 (same 40V V8) just had his t'stat done under warranty.
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