KADVR6 0 Posted July 3, 2004 went 2 BVF today, well nearly anyway? 2 miles from the show my drive belt slipped of, looked closer at it. only 2 find out that my water pump is nearlly falling of? cost me £120 2 get back home on a flat bed. a complete s*** of a day???? could you kind people let me no how easy it is 2 change the water pump please? :( :( :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Timo. 0 Posted July 3, 2004 its not too difficult. You need to undo front and rear engine mounts and jack up the engine till you can get access to all 3 bolts that are on the water pump pulley. Obviously the air box needs to be out. If you find it wont jack up enough for you to get access to all 3 bolts you can try un-doing the gear mount aswell. Anyway, you need a long bolt of the correct thread to go into the hole that can be seen on the belt tensioner. I found one through trail and error. Think an 8mm is the right size, not sure! Screw that into the hole until the belt becomes slack. You then need to undo the 3 bolts on the pulley and then remove this. There are then 3 bolts that hold in the water pump, undo these and the pump will then pull out. That you new pump and slide in and bob's your uncle. Reverse all that you did before and thats you done. Timo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted July 3, 2004 Yep, as Timo says, an 8mm threaded bolt (13mm head) is required for slackening the belt tension. Needs to be about 4 to 5" long and B&Q sell the perfect bolt for this :wink: Everything else he says is also correct. Takes about 2 hours in total. K Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Timo. 0 Posted July 4, 2004 Yep, as Timo says, an 8mm threaded bolt (13mm head) is required for slackening the belt tension. Needs to be about 4 to 5" long and B&Q sell the perfect bolt for this :wink: Everything else he says is also correct. Takes about 2 hours in total. K Yeah!!! I DID GOOD!!!!!!! :D :D It does sound a we bit tricky but it is quite and easy job, just takes a wee bit of time. Dont rush it and you will be fine, plus you're saving a shed load of money doing it yourself anyway!!! :D Simon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Timo. 0 Posted July 4, 2004 No worries with help KADVR6, glad to be able to give someone help after all the help I have received from this forum! Timo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
