How can I tell if my water pump is going/gone?..

[Billygotta172!]

Any ideas anyone?...does it make any 'special' kind of noise or anything?

Had my Aux belt and Cambelt done recently so i'm looking for something new to worry about!

Oh yeah and can anyone tell me if the timing belt is a separate entity to the aux belt etc...How many belts are there on these things?!?!?!

PARANOIA'S A B***H!!!

 

[lemonnobby]

noises could be anything normally a kind of tappy sound, or the pump could be leaking etc e.g. faild pump.
There are 2 belts both run by the crank, the cam belt is behind a cover behind the aux belt.

 

[Billygotta172!]

Cheers mate,

Could be the tappy sort of noise I suppose coz I do have a strange noise coming from the drivers side of the engine bay...not constant though, kind of intermittant, how can I get a look at the pump?...THERE'S NO ROOM IN THE F*****G ENGINE BAY GODAMMIT!!!

 

[lemonnobby]

the better way is to look from under the car, from above you may just see it its down by the crank.

The water pump is arrowed.

 

[Billygotta172!]

You are a god of all things mechanically drawable...I bow down to you.

Cheers mate!

 

[lemonnobby]

lol if only mate.

 

[Raysh]

where did you get the picture from? im after a manual and haynes do not do one!

 

[Andy_J]

if the water pump is away, your engine will most likely be overheating... especially at low revs.

this happened to mine when the impellor blades snapped off mine! It would start overheating, if i rev'd it above 4k it would flush the water round and cool it down to a normal temp.

 

[lemonnobby]

Renault manual Mate i got some bits on my computer.

 

[CHRIS172CUP]

Chck if there's any build up of crap around the pump. Mine needed changing when I did the cambelt.

 

[edde]

where did you get the picture from? im after a manual and haynes do not do one!

Pm me your email address I'll send you the file.