URGENT: Water pump removal

[evildragon]

I can't get my water pump off to replace my optispark.

I removed the secondary air pump, and unbolted the bracket, but the bracket just won't come off.

Please help! I need to be able to drive to work tomorrow.

[evildragon]

nice to know urgent doesn't mean anything..

i finally figured it out. but now i got another problem, after putting everything together, it's not sucking in the coolant.. the reseviore is quite full, but it's just sitting there, the level is not going down, and the engine is overheating..

[Blt2Lst]

Sounds like now you have an urgent problem

Originally Posted by evildragon

nice to know urgent doesn't mean anything..

i finally figured it out. but now i got another problem, after putting everything together, it's not sucking in the coolant.. the reseviore is quite full, but it's just sitting there, the level is not going down, and the engine is overheating..

[flipflip530]

you might have an air lock in the cooling system. What can happen is air bubbles can get in there and create a 'lock' making the water unable to pass through. You can typically take care of this by filling the highest point of the engine with water. For example, on my girlfriends POS ford taurus, I can take the upper radiator hose off and poor water into the top of the engine. I dont know a whole lot about cars, but thats my two cents! Good luck!

[PeteA216]

It's not a matter of urgent meaning anything, it's a matter of people who know something seeing it in time. It does sound like you have a bubble stuck in the system somewhere. I don't know too much about the LT1's but if there's a bleeder valve, open it up and let the air out that way. If not, try what flipflip530 said.

[j cAT]

Originally Posted by evildragon

nice to know urgent doesn't mean anything..

i finally figured it out. but now i got another problem, after putting everything together, it's not sucking in the coolant.. the reseviore is quite full, but it's just sitting there, the level is not going down, and the engine is overheating..

when i replace coolant on lt1 engine i remove the knock sensors this dumps all coolant from the system... on refilling you must fill at thermostat, then install thermostat, then use hose to radiator to complete filling... then run engine to point where thermostat is at temp and with a cloth and other material to catch drips open bleeder on goose neck...don't spill on distributor....this has worked and also keep cap off reservoir so air can escape until this is all competed....before starting something you have never done, it is best to ask how to, before disabling your ride....

[evildragon]

By the morning, the coolant actually "settled in". Today, while driving it stayed cool, but every fast acceleration (I love tearing up the streets now, that my new opti is working great, though that pathetic backfire still exists), the low coolant level flashes. So I must need more in it..

[burnM]

Bleed the system.. Don't run it like that, you're asking for trouble.