Water pump pully rotation direction (can it be reversed)

[Trackslag172]

evening all,

I’ve removed the power steering, AC and tensioner from the aux belt set up on my 172 track car.

My new setup has the belt running over the top of the pully like picture 1 (not my car)
The origional setup was with the belt running under the pully like in picture 2 (also not mine)

Picture 1

Picture 2

This obviously reverses the direction of the pully, does it matter? The water will run the oppisite way round the system but I can’t see that being an issue.

I’ve run it up to temperature and everything works as it should, fan kicks in, water is flowing etc but there’s a faint rattle noise and i’m not sure if it’s the pump or one of the many loose bolts etc that are floating around while I redo a few things.

Has anyone done this before and will it cause an issue on my next track day?

Cheers in advance


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[Ex-User (19928)]

Quick google and the fins look like they're designed to go 1 way.

 

[bloke]

think about it

 

[Djw John]

I might being a massive r****d here but aren't the pumps going the same way in both those pics?

 

[JamesBryan]

They're both running the same way, anti clockwise.

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

How many people were sat twiddling their fingers!

 

[SKIDDERWOLF]

They both rotate the same direction. Fingers twiddled[emoji118][emoji117][emoji115][emoji116]


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[Trackslag172]

Thanks for your help guys,

Turns out I’m a complete moron!

I’ll close this down to hide my shame!


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[TheEvilGiraffe]

Turns out I’m a complete moron!

I’ll close this down to hide my shame!

Cs never forgets...

 

[Trackslag172]

Cs never forgets...

Haha,
I can’t work out how to delete it so i’ll be suffering this for a while yet!

 

[imprezaworks]

Stickied imo