Rover 600 turbo PAS pump

well, i bought a gasket for the pump 2 years ago, when i dismantled the pump i used fine sand-paper to get of the old gasket leftovers. When i was suppose to put it back together i noticed the gasket i bought was too thin, so when i tighted the screwes i couldn't turn the pump. I bought some stuff to make my own gasket which were thicker, and it did work after some sanding and several tries. I spoke to that dude on ebay who sells these gaskets, he said he would send me another gasket which were thicker, and he also had noticed that even 0,3mm has alot to say if the pump would work or not.



anyways, when i put it back together last summer i forgot thread-lock on the bolts holding it together, with the result that it started making a whiny noise and to keep a story relatively short, i had to take it apart this summer and replace the gasket and do it properly with thread-lock.



Well, the problem now is not that it isn't working, it has never worked this good before actually :)

but, it started making a nasty grinding noise, i suspect the interior moving parts has been damaged during the winter when the bolts had come loose, because i saw some gridning-marks inside the pump when i opened it this summer.



the question is, the pump is working great, but that grinding noise is worrying me, how bad can it be? could it suddently seize up on me while driving?



and do anyone have one of these pumps laying around i could buy? they are not availably anywhere, including ebay :s



sorry for a waay to long post, but still :)

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