Does anyone have a picture of what the carbon fiber silblades look like? The
pictures that the vendor sent me were rather lackluster. You can send them
to me at JBattles@BankFinancial.com
Thanks!
Josh
2000 CC V6
"slacking off IS work..."
""Rick Barnes"" <barnesrv@attbi.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hey DMLers..just some recent stuff..
>
> I sure miss Bernd posting here. I guess some of us pissed him off
> enough that he won't comeback or at least comment here for a
> while..Bernd, I hope you do return though.
>
> I bought a set of those Silblades that some of you mentioned you have,
> awesome product.
>
> About 6 months ago, I purchased a Flowkooler water pump from Bernd, (by
> the way NONE of this is any reflection on him, he only sells them). I
> also purchased one of the high perf thermostats, all hoses...etc. Since
> my 98 5.2 had about 80k miles on it, I felt it was due for a change of
> all this stuff before it gave up. My Dak did not overheat or leak
> before I did any of this. So, I changed out all my hoses, water pump,
> and thermostat.
>
> Some of you may remember that I complained that after installing all
> this, my truck ran hotter and even attempted to overheat, which had
> never happened before. Bernd told me he would contact Flowkooler to ask
> them, but I am sure he got busy and in my opinion, there was little they
> would have told him anyway, though I never heard from him about it.
>
> So, speed ahead to now, about 4 months later. Two days ago I noticed a
> puddle of antifreeze under my truck. After digging around, turns out,
> it was the new Flowkooler water pump leaking at the seal behind the
> pulley. I wound up pulling the Flowkooler back off and replacing it
> with a standard water pump. I also, once again, replaced the thermostat
> with a Stant 180. No more problems. I will be sending the Flowkooler
> back to the manufacturer, (not Bernd, this is not his fault at all) to
> see how they respond. By the way, I don't even use a clutch fan, I have
> a BM on mine so there was little strain on this water pump.
>
> As I have now looked over the Flowkooler, I think it is odd the way the
> impeller is shaped and supposed to be superior. The impeller blades
> have a plate and are much smaller than a standard water pump. I believe
> that my Flowkooler did not move the water even as well as a standard
> pump as the blade surface is significantly smaller than standard. I do
> not understand how this is supposed to move much more water and thus
> cool better. It certainly did not do the job on my 5.2 as well as a
> stock water pump.
>
> I am only writing this for information. I do not in any way mean
> criticism of Bernd or Speedtweaks as this is beyond their
> responsibility, but if you are reading this Bernd, you may want to
> reconsider this pump at least for a 5.2, it just is not superior to
> stock.
>
> That is just my two cents for today.
>
> Rascal
>
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