Water pump (bye bye)

[Timo. 0]

Just been out for a blast in the car, as you do 8) . Got back to the house and the old beast was making a high pitched squeak noise. (had it happen once before but it went away). Had a wee look under the front of the car and there was some splatter of water around the left hand side where the pulleys are. Oh god, not the water pump, please, please, please give me a fecking break here!!!! :cry: :cry: :cry:

 

The b%^$%^£ thing has bit the dust, coolant is drippling down from it. Does it have seals that go , or is it a new water pump job?? (i think so)

 

What fun that's going to be!!!! :x :x

 

Found it on gsf for £25 +vat. Is that about the right price?? Plus I thought I may aswell do the rear engine mount while I'm on cos its the only one that hasn't been done yet. Again this seems to be around £37 on gsf. Is this about right??

 

cheers

 

boo hoo. What a nightmare!!!

 

timo

[Jim 2]

Do you park your car on an ancient burial ground or something? Hopefully this is the last of the bad luck mate.. really really rough deal indeed! :(

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Yeah your pump's internal seal has blown and the pressure relief valve has activated, which dumps coolant on the ground.

 

Since having your head done, is the engine running a bit warmer than before? Might be the straw that broke the camel's back.

 

Anyway, replacement is simple enough. You have to undo the top nut on the front mount, and remove the bolt on the rear mount. Remove the airbox etc, drain the coolant, jack the engine up so that you can get to the 3 water pump pulley bolts, slacken those off, then release the belt tension, remove the pulley, remove the pump, fit new pump and then bung everything back together. Shouldn't take any more than a Sunday morning. Make sure you get a couple of bottles of G12+ before you start the job though.

 

K

[corradovr6sc 0]

A genuine vr6 water pump from vw used to £15 which is v. cheap by the stealers standards. Probably the only reasonably priced corrado part :!:

[Timo. 0]

cheers guys, feel a wee bit better. After this I dont think there is anything left on the car that can go wrong....... replaced just about everything. Nevermind, its worth it in the end!!!

 

ta

 

timo

[Kevin Bacon 5]

I know that feeling, been there myself.

 

The only original parts left on my engine are the block and gearbox!

 

K

[Henny 0]

I can't even say that Kev! :crazyeyes: :roll:

[corradovr6sc 0]

Nevermind, its worth it in the end!!!

 

That's if there is an end :roll:

[Timo. 0]

Nevermind, its worth it in the end!!!

 

That's if there is an end :roll:

 

I ain't got there yet. Keep thinking I am but the Corrado has other ideas :mad:

 

timo

[Henny 0]

I think I'm now back at the beginning again... :roll: The bits I replaced when I first bought the car are the ones that are starting to fail again... :|

[Timo. 0]

got all the stuff this morning from the VW garage. Of course its absolutely raining cats and dogs now!!!! :mad: :mad:

 

timo

[Henny 0]

don't ya just luuurrrvvvveee british weather?!? I'm sat here feeling rather soggy myself after finally getting my arse in gear and fitting my new radiator... :?

[Timo. 0]

bummer dude. I've had beautiful weather all week whilst at work (typical). Gets to bank holiday weekend and the weather turns nasty!!!! I hate scotland's weather!! :(

 

 

timo

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Well Timo I've spent about £5K on mine to get it how it is now and I'm well pleased with it, finally!!

 

Corrados are a money pit no question but they're worth imo.

 

£3K of that sum is mods but feck knows where the other 2K went :shock: Just keeping the thing running with new parts I guess!

 

As for the weather, well I've spent all morning repointing the bricks on my drive's pavement facing wall. And now it's started raining and will no doubt find all my fresh mortar in a neat pile at the bottom of the hill later :roll:

 

I don't know what is worse, house maintanence or C maintanence! Neither is cheap!

 

Anyway, Off topic

 

Good luck with the water pump change, you know where we are if you need us. Don't forget to fill up the coolant via the rad top hose 8)

 

K

[Timo. 0]

job done finally, had a hell of a problem getting one of the 3 pulley bolts off. In the end I had to jack the engine up so far that I managed to get the pump and pulley pulled out together!! I then had the task of getting the finally bolt off, which was considerably easier now I wasn't working in a small space. Anyway managed to get that off and the new pump in, filled up with cooling. Had it running to check for leaks. Not had it out for a spin yet. Oh, changed the rear engine mount too. That was the easy part. Also have pink coolant now, which I might add I got for free from the VW garage :shock: :shock: . Think the guy there feels sorry for me! :lol:

I all did another wee mod before I started on the rest this morning which was to put a small breather filter on the crankcase breather pipe. I'm so sick if cleaning out the air intake pipe and the throttle body. Got the filter of ebay for a £10 including postage and the quality of it is amazing. I was really impressed. Real chrome and really well made.

Cheers for all the help. Much appreciated.

 

Simon