hey people, i just picked up an st200 yesterday and am over the moon with it. ive heard they suffer waterpump issues with the early plastic impeller ones and am not sure if its got the uprated metal item, is there an easy way to check without removing it like a different part number or visual different in the casing or something. any help appreiated cheers

 

The metal pump that I fitted had a gold pulley while the original one was black.

 

cheers mate,
i shall have a look,
what they like to change cos there aint alot room under that bonnet lol
is there anything else to look out for on these, common faults ect

 

dead easy to change, they are under the black plastic IMRC cover(has 2.5v6 bla bla written on it), near the battery, remove the cover and then the belt, undo the 8 or so bolts some will be long remember where they came from!
remove the pump, the scrape off the old gasket, then to refit reverse the above!

steve

 

Easy to do mate i did my friends on my front.The hardest part about doing it was getting the old paper gasket off.

 

cheers guys thanks for your help,
doesnt look like its had the uprated item so shall buy and fit one soon!!!!

 

here one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-MONDEO-2-...d=p3286.c0.m14

 

Im the freind lol. as glenn said, the hardest part was getting the old gasket off. this is the pump i used, got it from partco, was about £40.

 

kool cheers again guys,
have ordered one of ebay so will fit when arrives

 

lifting the battery out will give you a little extra room to work, but you can do it without removing the battery if you don't have your radio code etc...