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#599074 - 08/08/09 12:18 AM Jaguar XK140 8 Blade Water Pump Upgrade
mwagon Offline
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Registered: 11/26/08
Posts: 10
Loc: Wa, USA
There is a company selling a rebuilt XK140 Water Pump on Ebay with a 8 Blades instead of the stock 4 Blades. I've never had mine off to confirm what I have, but does anyone have any experience with this upgrade?

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#599111 - 08/08/09 08:21 AM Re: Jaguar XK140 8 Blade Water Pump Upgrade [Re: mwagon]
Basil Offline

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Registered: 12/27/00
Posts: 13205
Loc: Edgewood, New Mexico
I don't have direct experience with that upgrade, but given the propensity of the XK engine to run hot, I would think that anything you can do to increase the efficiency of the cooling system would be a good thing. My EType came originally with a regular steel radiator and, if you can believe it, a single blade radiator fan. A common upgrade for these cars is to replace the radiator with an aluminum alloy radiator and replace the anemic fan with a much more robust multi-blade electric fan:


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