I ordered the windshield washer reservoir and pump kit from LMR. Just put it in, filled it halfway with water, and the pump worked for like 5 seconds and died. While operating the washer switch, I have both power and ground at the connector, so nothing wrong on the car side.
I noticed that the pump is not a Motorcraft pump.
So I noticed that the pics on the LMR site show a pump with a black plastic impeller included with the reservoir kit. My pump also has a black plastic impeller.
But if you order just the pump itself, the pump has a white plastic impeller, which is what the Motorcraft pump has.
Neither description says whether they use a real Motorcraft pump or not.
Just wanted to post this as a heads up to others. It looks like I might have been better off getting these 2 items separately instead of going with the kit. Would have been about the same money either way.
New Motorcraft pumps on eBay are like $100 shipped, I found on one rock auto for $64 with the white impeller.
New pump (only) from LMR shows white impeller but is only $26. I feel like rock auto does pretty good on prices, not sure how LMR can sell Motorcraft pumps for half of what rock auto charges.
So something is weird there imho, not accusing anyone of anything, just stating facts.
Let me say, that I have ordered a ton of stuff from LMR this year, and this is the first problem I have had with them so far. I am not bashing LMR at all. Just posting to maybe save others some hassle.
I’ll contact them about it, and I’m sure they will make it right.
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