what joins a water pump and pistons in a car?

[eugegall]

?????????

 

[Munson]

The crankshaft?

 

[Graham Gooch]

The auxillary belt will drive it, driven off the crankshaft.

 

[edde]

Depends what your on about on the 172 the water pump is powered of the AUX belt which is powered by the crank which is turned by the connecting rods which is moved up and down by the pistons.

There no real connecting bit though realy though.

 

[eugegall]

aparently fan belt

 

[FiXX]

fan belt is just an old term for the aux belt dude.

 

[edde]

fan belt is just an old term for the aux belt dude.

Fan belt can be somehting different. Engine have chnaged cars used to have fan belts drive of what is a sort of aux belt but also had aux belts to power other stuff.