A composite automotive pulley wheel and pump comprises a pulley wheel (2)
and a pump (22). The pump comprises an impeller (20) carried on a rotary
shaft (6), an inlet region (24) and an outlet region (26). The pulley is
mounted on the shaft (6) and comprises a radially outwardly extending
support (4) connected to an annular axially extending flange (10, 12),
the outer surface of which is adapted to be engaged by a pulley belt. The
flange (4) defines a cooling fluid passage (14) within it which extends
in the circumferential direction and communicates at two
circumferentially spaced positions with an inlet passage (16) and an
outlet passage (18), respectively. The inlet and outlet passages (16, 18)
extend through the support (4) and the shaft (6) and communicate with the
outlet region (26) and the inlet region (24), respectively.