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Re: Check Engine Light
Get the code and we'll check.
I recently found mine with the coolant jug low so I topped it off and went for a "get it hot test ride". When I got home, I shut it off and put a big piece of cardboard under the whole engine area under the front of the car. Under high pressure, no leaks. Whew!!!
After letting it cool down enough that the radiator hose was soft, I started the engine and got one drop then another under the middle of the engine.
Rats! After looking, the drop was coming off the engine right behind the harmonic balancer ...you're right Eric! Water pump.
After removing the fan belt, I disconnected the AC compressor mounting bolts (13mm) so the AC lines laying on the top half of the fan shroud could be moved a little then removed the top half fan shroud.
There's a big nut you have to screw off the pump on this one. I used a piece of steel with a hole in it with a water pump pulley bolt through it to hold the fan stationary while turning the nut COUNTER CLOCKWISE to loosen and remove the fan. I've been told since that a punch on the left side of a flat on that nut motivated with a sharp hit with a hammer will have that nut spinning loose.
4 water pump pulley bolts & 4-15mm water pump bolts later and I had that baby in my hands. After cleaning the old gaskets off the motor block until it shined, I installed my new pump...they wuz outta rebuilt ones.
Put everything back on and poured in new Prestone long life....like there was anything wrong with the new stuff poured in after the intake manifold change last year and the radiator change the year before.
Just a point here. I looked at the waterpump holes in the motor block and there was shiney gray iron, no rust what so ever.
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