Water pump replaced now new issue

[Wingnut]

Replaced the water pump and the idlers and the belts while I has there. Get everything buttoned up and fill it up and now no heat and if I drive it it gets hot but I will cool down if left idle. First question this is a ford pump could I have the wrong pump? Im thinking its an air bubble in the system. 6k ago when I had the cab off I changed the coolant and didnt have a bit of problem with it then. Any way to bleed this without a rad vac?
Sent from the cookie sheet...

 

[Dzchey21]

Thermostats is what it needs

 

[Wingnut]

New thermostats. Vacuumed and filled the cooling system. Still same problem

Sent from the cookie sheet...

 

[Big Angry Hillbilly]

Feel your heater core inlet and outlet hoses. Is one HOT and one COLD?

How about the rad hoses? Hot/Cold?

What's your ECT doing when this goes on?

 

[Wingnut]

No hot or cold on the heater hoses. Like nothing is going through it. Upper rad hose gets warm but rad is ice cold. Acts to me like the new pump is not working

Sent from the cookie sheet...

 

[Big Angry Hillbilly]

I'd get to pulling that pump back out and taking a look. Make sure the impeller turns with the shaft, compare it to the old pump, maybe someone put it together wrong when it was built (the pump I mean)

 

[Wingnut]

Well I already pulled it and your right. It was assembled about 1/16 to long so when I warmed up the impeller would rub on the housing and the impeller now spins freely on the shaft. Bought a ford pump cause I figured it would be better...

Sent from the cookie sheet...

 

[Big Angry Hillbilly]

Shakin my head.

Unacceptable. Someone better be paying for your time and fresh antifreeze.

 

[Wingnut]

Its back up and running. Ford got me a new pump but that was all they would do...

Sent from the cookie sheet...

 

[cbrown]

Damn, that's garbage. Atleast you got it straight.

 

[Big Angry Hillbilly]

I would have mentioned they're lucky they aren't replacing your torched motor.

I'm pretty floored that quality is becoming this way.

Likely a new pump also, or was it a reman? If the part number ended in -RM it was reman.

 

[Wingnut]

I would have to look up the invoice for the first one but the one I just put in is a new one.

I watch my coolant temps on my mini max pretty close and this is how I caught the problem. At first everything seemed to be fine.

Sent from the cookie sheet...