Well, managed to get to the water pump today thanks to MadMax lending me his pulley puller. Found my leak coming from the lower hole in the housing due to bearing failure. a bit strange as the old one still rotated very well and there was no play, but the dried water marks spoke volumes so to speak. anyway thought id hunt for the source of the problem as i had recently tightened the belt to the power steering pump. but ruled this out as it was leaking before that.

 

So decided to check the fan as hadn't really paid attention to it. it was split in two places where it had been previously over tightened onto the clutch. obviously this would unbalance the fan causing vibrations through the clutch and into the water pump and finally to the bearings where it would cause excess ware and subsequently fail either at the seal or the bearings.

 

I'm also lucky the pump gave way as id hate for the fan to fail and go flying around inside my engine bay.

 

well shes all back together now, just waiting on my sealant to cure before i fill her up to check for any more leaks. fingers crossed. but should be all done now.

Nice one mate, glad you got it sorted out in the end :thumbup1:

Nice one mate, glad you got it sorted out in the end :thumbup1:

 

Wont know till i fill her up tomorrow and check for leaks but yeah i hope so, i is all up set looking out my window at my car that i cant drive.........

 

 

 

 

Again! lol

I know what you mean mate. The engine i'm re-doing will have to wait until early next year before I can check for water leaks :sad:

Nice one dude, Glad your getting on with it!!! what sealant did you use to attach the pump back with? and where from?

 

Cheerz

Nice one dude, Glad your getting on with it!!! what sealant did you use to attach the pump back with? and where from?

 

Cheerz

 

wont know the name till tomorrow as i cant be arsed to go out to the car, but its good for temps ranging from -50 to +250 its clear though, looks a bit like silicone seal, got it from halfords had instant gasket on it.

 

it will either do the job or it wont.

 

its similar to this product, i had a look but cant find the one im using, but if you need some i have loads left in this tube and seams a waist as im not sure what id ever get to use it on lol

 

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_749601_langId_-1_categoryId_165691#dtab

CheerZ Vods I`m about to put mine back togehter and wandered about the sealant, for a fiver its not worth posting it out bud ,I will get some tommorrow, thanks for the offer though

Taaaa laaa

Rad filled with water. looks like no leaks anywhere engine holding temp, we have hot air YAY

 

Thanks Madmax for the lend of the puller matey it was a god send. i have to admit though that the job of changing the water pump its self, wasn't that bad. also gave my battery a good charge so she had fresh juice for the start. also installed my S2 PTU.

 

Right quick question though. i have a Oil temp gauge. now the engine its self, the temp was showing just below the half way mark on the temp gauge on the dash. but the oil temp was showing 93degrees? does that sound about right or should i be worrying still?