Water Pump Noise

[heidifleiss]

Sorry guys but I am just one anal mutha bleeper. For some reason I love to listen to the sound of my car and now I've been hearing a slight pumping noise coming from underneath the hood. So me being an anal mutha bleeper that I am brought my baby in for a checkup and my mechanic said that the sound is just the water pump working. Do you think this is true? Or do you think I should get a second opinion? My mechanic is a professional race car driver and has been working on BMW's for a long time and I don't want to have to be second guessing his judgment but I really don't want any further problems to be caused if this noise is not normal. What do you guys think?

[Bmwcat]

Hard to say without hearing it myself, is it a lot louder than normal? Any clicking or klunking???

[heidifleiss]

Hard to say without hearing it myself, is it a lot louder than normal? Any clicking or klunking???

Absolutely no clicking or klunking. And not at all loud...Can only hear it when I turn the radio off. It just sounds like something is pumping...really hard to describe it...

[fizzle]

get someone in the car to turn the radio off while you listen for where the sound comes from

[Bmwcat]

Does your engine temp. keep stable? If so you may be chasing ghosts. Doesnt sound as if anything is broken. :dunno:

[heidifleiss]

Does your engine temp. keep stable? If so you may be chasing ghosts. Doesnt sound as if anything is broken. :dunno:

yeah the temp gauge has always been constantly in the middle. no fluctuation at all there.

I just hope it is the normal sound of the water pump working. It's just a very faint pumping sound. It actually sounds something like this puuuuuuump.......and then it stops and then it goes.....puuuuuuuump...but u only can hear it if u are listening for it...I don't know..hope everything is fine

[PJBIMMER]

If it sounds like your car has a heartbeat its normal.

[heidifleiss]

If it sounds like your car has a heartbeat its normal.

ohh wow!! that's exactly what it sounds like now that I come to think of it...But what actually causes that lovely heartbeat? Is it really the water pump?

[Bmwcat]

It's posible that your thermostat opens and closes as its supposed to, that would encourage coolant pumping thru the engine.

[heidifleiss]

It's posible that your thermostat opens and closes as its supposed to, that would encourage coolant pumping thru the engine.


awesome...excellent to hear this news

thanks alot u guys...u made me feel much better