mr_fusion

I thought the VR6 held 10litres of coolant mixed with water? Have i read this wrong?

Thanks... When I did it over with the blowtorch, I could hear the aluminium cracking as it cooled... was obviously just enough to pry it loose from the block Funny thing is... the new water pump slid in very easily and had a bit of play around it... if it fails again I'm sure it won't be as difficult to get out next time. On the downside though, when I filled up with new coolant (after flushing through thoroughly) the car will only accept just over 5 litres of the coolant mix (50/50 G12+ and distilled water)... i'm hoping that when I come to top it up that it will have settled down and I can put more in the expansion tank. Hope I haven't got a massive airlock in the system.

Ok folks... I got the blowtorch onto the waterpump along with several sessions with the cordless drill and.... Finally I have got it out of the engine!!! YAY!! The pump had basically corroded onto the engine block and was in a right state (even before I tortured it with the drill) Please excuse the crappy images as I took them on my phone..

Ok, I will try heating the pump casing and try rotating it as i do it... may be enough to pry it loose DAMN GERMAN ENGINEERING!! :D

So... how long should I heat the block for? or just until i see it part?

will have to pretty careful if i do.... injector lines are right above that area!!

With a blow torch? Will give it go... it really is properly jammed in there... the seam between the steel of the block and the aluminium of the pump is very very tight, i'm thing that the heat will just get transferred to the pump as its so tight. almost looks like one piece of metal as there is no discernible gap between the two.

Right then.....disaster time! I swapped out the tensioner bearing..... nope, that hasn't made any difference. Narrowed it down to the water pump area, so thought "hey, water pump is only £24 from GSF, I fancy doing something on the car this weekend and I would love to get rid of the rattle" So... followed the procedure for the water pump change after many nights of reading up on the subject.. Got as far as removing the old pump - thought to myself "hey i have done this really quickly, only taken me 40mins to drain most of the coolant, jack up the car, remove the engine mount bolts and jack up the engine to give access to the pump and pulley" This is where it went horribly wrong!! The pump seemed pretty solidly in place, so i used a crowbar to try and lever the pump out via the pulley (the allen bolts to the pump itself had been removed sucessfully through the holes in the pulley) Then.... the force of my levering popped the pulley off the shaft that goes into the pump itself.. I then got a flat head screwdriver and tapped it with hammer around the lip of the pump to try and lever it out of the hole in the engine.... only succeeded in shattering the aluminium of the pump housing... 4 hours later and lots of drillling and chiseling, the pump is still well and truly jammed in there!! Looks like it is the original pump too (from 1992) and is in VERY TIGHT How on earth do I get it out of the engine block??????? More drillling? Would really appreciate it if anyone has any bright ideas as the car is stuck down at my flatmates workplace in their yard and i REALLY don't want to leave it there for long!! HELP!!!

aha...i get ya now

yeah... i'm confused by that too

I'm paying £470 Third Party - Fully comp was around £600 i think, for me - 28yrs old

Thats pretty damn good with the leather, engine rebuild and mileage! Most standard VRs go for around that price. Seen a few on ebay recently.. must be lots of people trying to scrape togther holiday funds

1992 VR6 - K Reg Aqua Blue Pearl - LC5U Black interior with dark grey seats Early VR6, so no air con and old style heater controls Sunroof - needs attention Passenger Door handle - Needs attention (I have the repair kit, just need to fit it) Spolier was bust, now works fine Had lots of blown fuses - last owner was a muppet!

Then I could fit that funny cone thing with K&N written on it onto the pipe that comes out the back - then everyone can see how shiny it is :wink:

hehe.... sorry that reads a bit wrong yes I do have an engine... its the big heavy thing at the front that goes. "whirrrrrrrrrr"? I was thinking of taking it out because the noise was annoying me and I need more room for shopping.

bodywork isn't the best (working on that), but all the essentials seem to be pretty good. I hesitated when buying it cos it seemed TOO cheap

thanks .... :roll:

Yes please.. a big shiny one

£1700 from Loot... 2 months ago 138k on the clock - no engine / abs faults (need new tensioner bearing though..) Good price?

Give me a pm Ben if you win the auction I'll have one off you mine is also making a horrible noise but only for a short while on start up, but it can't have long left in it and it's driving me crazy :brickwall: No Worries...

Ok, i have put the bolt into the tensioner to slack off the tension slightly (2 to 3 mm) with the engine running. The noise has now almost dissapeared.... so it does in fact look like the bearing = cheap and easy to fix.. YAY! I have left the bolt in as it is pretty secure with the force of the tensioner spring against it - just gotta get the bearing now Seen a guy selling 3 on ebay - very cheap at the moment, so if i win the auction then I will offer the spares up on here for cost + p&p Ta Ben

Any chance it could be the water pump on its way out? Temps seem normal at the moment.

p.s do you know of a source for Replacement NSK bearing part no. 6203-2RS1? either on the web or in a real shop?

To be honest, the bearing looked and felt in good nick, also the noise seems to be coming from further back on the engine (towards cylinder 1). I will try with the belt loosened when I get home to see if the noise persists. It does sound like some kind of bearing noise though..

Ok, is it safe to run the car with the belt untensioned / off for a couple of mins to see if this stops the noise and isolates the problem? It is a non aircon 92 vr6. Obviously the water pump won't be pumping so i wouldn't want to leave it off too long.