Re: Help needed immediately for coolant leak.

T. Park (tjp@u.washington.edu)
Sat, 4 Sep 1999 04:41:52 -0700 (PDT)

The water pump is unfortunately turned by the timing belt rather than fan
belt or any other external belt. if you to replace it you have to do
the timing belt job plus more. Early 405 (89-91) uses it's own design and
later 405 (92) shares it with the Mi16 engine.

tj

On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, Trygve D Oye wrote:

> Thanks for replying,
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> How much did it cost to have the pump replaced? Is it standard course to
> have it changed with the belt? Finally, do you know if the pump is
> 405-specific, or is it an off-the-shelf item?
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> Thanks,
> -Tryg
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> On Sat, 4 Sep 1999 msavage@juno.com wrote:
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> > this sounds like a water pump to me. However there is a lower coolant
> > hose in that area that may be rubbing against the AC pulley...this
> > happpened to me once.
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> > Neither is a big deal. I think I'd prefer a water pump replacement...that
> > hose was a tough re-route according to my mechanic.
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> > I turned the wheel and pulled back the plastic cover to find
> > >that the coolant looked to be coming out from behind the bottom pulley
> > of
> > >one of the belts (water pump?).
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> Was the salesman clueless?
> Productopia has the answers.
> http://clickhere.egroups.com/click/555
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