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Replacing water pump.
- Thread starter Danix60
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Jack the car up and remove the drivers front wheel.
Remove the arch liner. Find it easier.
Remove the undertray if you have one.
Remove the front bumper.
Remove the drivers side headlight.
I slacken the water pump pulley bolts with the belt still on. 10mm I think. But don't remove them.
You are going to need a large jubilee clip to compress the spring on the tensioner.
It makes it easier.
I always turn the engine over by hand and remove the belt by winding it off.
Place a jack under the sump to take the weight of the engine.
Remove the engine mount.
Fully remove the water pump pulley.
The pump is held on by E8 or E10 torch bolts. Then remove the pump takes a bit of fiddling. Remove the gasket and clean the area up where the old gasket was.
Then refit it all.
With the belt you should be able to turn the engine by hand and the belt should go on. This is how I do them and never had a problem.
Hope this helps. Been a while since I did one.
Remove the arch liner. Find it easier.
Remove the undertray if you have one.
Remove the front bumper.
Remove the drivers side headlight.
I slacken the water pump pulley bolts with the belt still on. 10mm I think. But don't remove them.
You are going to need a large jubilee clip to compress the spring on the tensioner.
It makes it easier.
I always turn the engine over by hand and remove the belt by winding it off.
Place a jack under the sump to take the weight of the engine.
Remove the engine mount.
Fully remove the water pump pulley.
The pump is held on by E8 or E10 torch bolts. Then remove the pump takes a bit of fiddling. Remove the gasket and clean the area up where the old gasket was.
Then refit it all.
With the belt you should be able to turn the engine by hand and the belt should go on. This is how I do them and never had a problem.
Hope this helps. Been a while since I did one.
You can do buddy. But I don't normally as long as the surface is clean it will seal.
Make sure you place the new pump in a bucket of water to lubricate the seal which is inside the pump. If you don't do this then you run the risk of the seal tearing this is because the engine coolant is the lubricant for the seal. And by turning it dry they can tear.
Make sure you place the new pump in a bucket of water to lubricate the seal which is inside the pump. If you don't do this then you run the risk of the seal tearing this is because the engine coolant is the lubricant for the seal. And by turning it dry they can tear.
Hi. Just looking at replacing the water pump on my 172 cup. No air con. Do you definitely have to lower/raise the engine to do this job? The three bolts holding the pulley on look vaguely accessible through the wheel arch and the water pump bolts sort of the same. I can see it would be tricky to torque them all back up again.
The write up above is great but I think it’s for the standard belt tensioner system rather than the 172 cup version.
Any thoughts at all folks?
Thank you.
The write up above is great but I think it’s for the standard belt tensioner system rather than the 172 cup version.
Any thoughts at all folks?
Thank you.
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