[oldeguy]

Okay ladies and gentlemen, I'm starting to hear a bit of a rattle in the engine. It's not bleeding green, yet.I'm thinking it's the water pump. How $%$%^%@$#@ hard is it to replace, by a do-it yourselfer, and what's the cost of a rebuilt?

[redZX3]

oldeguy,Mar 13 2007, 01:48 AM Wrote:Okay ladies and gentlemen, I'm starting to hear a bit of a rattle in  the engine. It's not bleeding green, yet.I'm thinking it's the water pump. How $%$%^%@$#@ hard is it to replace, by a do-it yourselfer, and what's the cost of a rebuilt?
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Its a pain in the ass to relace yourself....its not worth it to get it rebuilt, they are cheap enough to just buy a new one.

[ZED_not_zee]

My best friend is a hayns manual... it helps alot and it was the best christmas present ever!!! not knocking you! I just used to fix my car without one and it makes such a diffrence

[ZX5focused]

ZED_not_zee,Mar 13 2007, 02:04 AM Wrote:My best friend is a hayns manual... it helps alot and it was the best christmas present ever!!!  not knocking you!  I just used to fix my car without one and it makes such a diffrence
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i just picked one up :)

[oldeguy]

ZED_not_zee,Mar 13 2007, 02:04 AM Wrote:My best friend is a hayns manual... it helps alot and it was the best christmas present ever!!!  not knocking you!  I just used to fix my car without one and it makes such a diffrence
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Since I always buy a used car. the route home from the car dealer is to the nearesrt Canadian Tire to pick up a Haynes. My library of manuals is bigger than any other part of my library.

[Flofocus]

oldeguy,Mar 13 2007, 06:46 AM Wrote:

ZED_not_zee,Mar 13 2007, 02:04 AM Wrote:My best friend is a hayns manual... it helps alot and it was the best christmas present ever!!!  not knocking you!  I just used to fix my car without one and it makes such a diffrence
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Since I always buy a used car. the route home from the car dealer is to the nearesrt Canadian Tire to pick up a Haynes. My library of manuals is bigger than any other part of my library.
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it is a pita to replace but it can be done. If I can do it, a more experienced DIY's can def do it. Do the timing belt while your at it. ;)

[02ztsian]

I had a rattle in the front as well. I thought it was valve train related but apparently when I swapped back to stock pulleys I had a water pump bolt come loose and it fell off. I have lost two so far so I finally splurged for some thread locker. Just a thought but check to see if the three bolts are loose at all, esp. if you have ever had the pulley off for any reason.

[mo_focus]

oldeguy,Mar 13 2007, 01:48 AM Wrote:Okay ladies and gentlemen, I'm starting to hear a bit of a rattle in  the engine. It's not bleeding green, yet.I'm thinking it's the water pump. How $%$%^%@$#@ hard is it to replace, by a do-it yourselfer, and what's the cost of a rebuilt?
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Are you sure its the water pump and not the t-stat housing? Usually on our cars the t-stat housing goes before anything else

[oldeguy]

Flofocus,Mar 13 2007, 08:59 AM Wrote:

oldeguy,Mar 13 2007, 06:46 AM Wrote:

ZED_not_zee,Mar 13 2007, 02:04 AM Wrote:My best friend is a hayns manual... it helps alot and it was the best christmas present ever!!!  not knocking you!  I just used to fix my car without one and it makes such a diffrence
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Since I always buy a used car. the route home from the car dealer is to the nearesrt Canadian Tire to pick up a Haynes. My library of manuals is bigger than any other part of my library.
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it is a pita to replace but it can be done. If I can do it, a more experienced DIY's can def do it. Do the timing belt while your at it. ;)
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That's what I'm thinking. I was planning to do the belt this year, but, the pump wasn't on my list.

[oldeguy]

mo_focus,Mar 13 2007, 09:27 AM Wrote:

oldeguy,Mar 13 2007, 01:48 AM Wrote:Okay ladies and gentlemen, I'm starting to hear a bit of a rattle in  the engine. It's not bleeding green, yet.I'm thinking it's the water pump. How $%$%^%@$#@ hard is it to replace, by a do-it yourselfer, and what's the cost of a rebuilt?
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Are you sure its the water pump and not the t-stat housing? Usually on our cars the t-stat housing goes before anything else
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It's not leaking yet. Just a rattle.

[oldeguy]

02ztsian,Mar 13 2007, 09:22 AM Wrote:I had a rattle in the front as well. I thought it was valve train related but apparently when I swapped back to stock pulleys I had a water pump bolt come loose and it fell off. I have lost two so far so I finally splurged for some thread locker. Just a thought but check to see if the three bolts are loose at all, esp. if you have ever had the pulley off for any reason.
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I bought it from a used car dealer. He told me that he had to replace the tensioner wheel, or the idler wheel, but that was 60,000 kms ago, last April.

[oldeguy]

My buddy the mechanic had a listen to my engine. He said everything is good. He did say that when I do the Timing Belt, I might as well do the pump and serpentine belt too. Crisis avoided. I need my car to get to work, and work can be a 7 day a week thing. Now, I know what I'm doing the first day of "vacation"