Topic: electric water pump
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Did a search of forums but didn't see what i was looking for. Whats the opinions of electric water pumps? Good, better, bad some reviews talk of leaking and not being able to stop it. Thinking I should make the switch but not sure what too, don't want to be ordering more than once with the cost of freight.
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What is the advantage of an electric water pump? Is it just the reduction of a slight amount of power it takes to run it?
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'Lectric water pump on a street car am a bad idea, imho....
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I'm of the same opinion as Gary and Joel above.
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