I've just flushed the cooling system on my Tiger 885i and noticed whilst I was at it that the paint on water pump was flaking off. I flicked a bit and then a bit more and suffice to say, now all the paint has come off the water pump, its right back to metal. The reason I posted a message was because under the flaking paint there was a dry chalky reside that appears to be the reason behind the paint peeling off. Does anyone know what causes this to occur? PS: the reason this message is titled 'thermostat housing' is because that is what I thought the water pump was
The flaking occurs due to oxidisation of the aluminium cover, clean it up with some wire wool and give it a lick of paint:upyeah:
