Festiva_Tunner this threads for you

[Pu241]

Trevor is sitting along side the road awaiting a water pump pulley.
He is in good hands.
Two members have what he needs and will/can be there in short order.

Trevor we want details and pics.

Packrat427 had a similar failure some years ago.
Except his pulley broke loose at the center.

Anyone know if other pulleys from other Mazda engines are a direct substitute for the various pulleys used on the festiva?
We might want to check our pulleys for fractures and think about keeping a spare.

[freshtiva]

Packrat427 had a similar failure some years ago.
Except his pulley broke loose at the center.

And if he would have called me I could have delivered one to him. I had one ready and he wasnt too far from me. Thats what bros are for.

[Festiva_tunner]

I apreciate it guys tom had one on stand by if the one off the bpt didn't work
It was really strange it didn't make any noise at all I had just finished filling up and got back out on the highway and a few miles down the road the motor stumbles but comes right back up to speed - shortly after the bat light comes on which was confirmed by my volt guage then the temp started climbing. I figured no big deal the belt probly broke - I keep a spare in the back anyway. When I pull off I find half the pulley is tore up and the belt even though in one piece is ate up. Some trimming of the tore up timming cover and a new pulley and the tin_can is back running. We load the bpt in the back and I'm back on the road.

For some reason I can't upload the photo from my phone so I'll have to put it up tomorrow

[Festiva_tunner]

Here is the Picture of the failure.

[freshtiva]

Wow !!! Thats weird

[Festiva_tunner]

Wow !!! Thats weird

Yeah this failure is different from Dougs - his the whole center of the pulley failed

[Tim]

Weird... looks like Mazda had some casting issues with their water pump pulleys.

I wonder if any other Mazda owners had this happen.

[Festiva_tunner]

Weird... looks like Mazda had some casting issues with their water pump pulleys.

I wonder if any other Mazda owners had this happen.

Could be the b6 b8 bpt all have the same water pump pulleys from what I'm finding

[bravekozak]

bad metal

The weld didn't fail. It looks like metal fatigue. Time to turn some billet on a lathe. Too bad evrything couldn't be machined from solid metal, just like the space shuttle.

[TominMO]

Here is the Picture of the failure.

Wow, that's a nice one! Glad you got it fixed so quick, that's cool.