Water Pump

sebking · Post by **sebking** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:21 pm

ggrrr

Nice bit of a drive down some local byways this morning and noticed that there was some water dripping - now I've traced a leak to the water pump!

Can't get another until tuesday - but at least I've got the right one in mind (engine is a SD1 so different from the LR one!)

Annoyed - it's one thing after another!

Oh well.

map1275 · Post by **map1275** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 8:58 pm

Yes they are different. Precisely which model SD1?

There are about five different pumps that all look similar. There are two for Stage One. Read your parts book.

sebking · Post by **sebking** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 9:50 pm

Three for an sd1! Have got part number for the correct one for the v8 installed. Hopefully order one on Monday and delivered on tuesday...

5988 · Post by **5988** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:15 pm

and on Tuesday you'll be posting abo8ut the studs that sheared in the timing case while changing it .....
be careful with them

Larosto · Post by **Larosto** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:44 pm

Yes, this happened to me. So I had to drill them out. Bad Job. I would try to loosen them with small hammer beats.

Good luck
Horst

map1275 · Post by **map1275** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:03 am

Yes, that cost me a weeks work. The supposed specialist it went to for the previous pump put the 5/16 bolts in the wrong location. This allowed one to rot in place and shear off flush during removal.

It's a long job to remove the timing cover and all the problems you find along the way.

sebking · Post by **sebking** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:14 pm

ok....

Pump on order and boy do SD1 pumps cost a lot.

So I've dowsed the existing pump yesterday and today in WD40. Also in the old way I've actually nipped the bolts up a bit - tighten and then un-tighten. Will knock them and do a little anti clockwise on each later and then use the rest of the WD40 (super size bottle).

Hope fully new pump will arrive on Tuesday.

sebking · Post by **sebking** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:32 pm

so it's off - and what a sod the viscous coupling was to put on the new pump...

ready to put it back together now - those long bolts were nerve racking!

sebking · Post by **sebking** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:09 pm

45 miles and so far so good!

disco2hse · Post by **disco2hse** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:49 pm

Good on ya Seb. That's the problem with these things, they take such a lot to keep em going that when they are you forget the pain

Stage 1 V8

Water Pump

Water Pump

SD1

pump

it's off

fixed.