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water pump[200/88] posted by Brenton on
Wednesday, 7 February 2001, at 6:38 p.m.
Hello
it looks like i will need a new water pump. I would like to do it myself.
1 Is this an easy job where I could put on a new water pump or should I have done by my mechanic?
2 How long something like this should take?
3 Are there any other parts neededlike a hoses etc.?
4 I do have a haynes manual but if anybody out there could give me a few more pointers that would be helpful.
Any advice is ALWAYS APPRECIATED.
Thx.
Re: water pump[200/88] posted by rhaire on
Wednesday, 7 February 2001, at 6:54 p.m.
This is a good starter confidence building project. You need a pump, maybe some new 6 mm studs, a paper gasket and the two smaller rubber seals. The Volvo OEM pumps give you all the parts but some cheaper aftermarket ones do not.
Remove the fan bolts, 10 mm, 4 of them.
when the fan is off (be real careful not to pull anything forward into the radiator or you will puncture it) let it rest and unfasten the shroud.
Remove the fan and shroud.
Unbolt the water pump, locating all 6 nuts and bolts (both used) and the bolt holding the pump to the water pipe.
Ease the pump off.
Clean the surface of old gasket, toss the old rubber seal on the water pipe.
Put the pump, gasket and seals in place. Lubricate the seals so they slide into (water pipe) and up to (upper seal) the pump without rolling.
Put the two bolts on the studs and snug slightly. Pull up on the pump against the top seal and fasten the pump with your two free hands. tighten up all the fasteners. Do not overdo it.
Refill coolant and look for leaks.
You can do a coolant change and thermostat at this time.
Re: water pump[200/82] posted by Lisa on
Wednesday, 7 February 2001, at 7:10 p.m.
This was my first mechanical Brick project. Unfortunately, I was tired on the first try and had a major leak. As per Randy's instructions - PUT THE LITTLE RUBBER RING ON THE OUTLET PIPE BEFORE YOU INSTALL THE PUMP, I LEFT MINE IN THE PUMP AND SLICED AND DICED IT CAUSING A MAJOR LEAK - OOPS. The other thing is make sure you have the pump seated correctly and apply upward pressure to make good contact on the upper seal as you will see that you are basically sealing two flat surfaces with a rubber o-ring type spacer to seal the pump. Don't be scared - Haynes gives a pretty good instruction plan of attack. Good luck.
--Trevor
Re: water pump[200/88] posted by Rob Kuhlman on
Thursday, 8 February 2001, at 6:22 a.m.
On my '81 and '83, I've always had better access by removing the timing belt cover as well. With the '88 and the 'new' two-piece cover, I'm not sure if this is a benefit or not.
Also -- think about replacing the primary hoses -- the big fat ones -- in addition to the thermostat. Putting new hoses on allows you to sleep more peacefully at night.
Rob
Re: water pump[200/88] posted by Peter Hertzing on
Thursday, 8 February 2001, at 10:00 a.m.
As others have told you, buy a quality pump, I am happy with ones purchased form FCPgroton. They will come with all of the seals and studs. You also need to lever the water pump up against the head to ensure a good seal. first time takes about two hours, the second time, (five minuets after you start the car and realize it leaks) takes about 1 hour and by the third or forth time you outta have it down to about 1/2 hour.
Good luck
Peter
--Peter H 88 740 GLE 280,000 92 244 GL 118,000
Re: water pump[200/88] posted by Robert Ludwick on
Saturday, 10 February 2001, at 8:48 p.m.
I don't know if anyone else has run across this but beware of the torque specs in the haynes manual of 16 ft lbs.
last week while installing a new pump (with a delicate little 1/4 drive inch lb torque wrench ) 2 of the factory bolts twisted in two at about 12 ft lbs, luckily they were easily extracted without having to remove the pump.
I then replaced the bolts and re-torqued all to a comfortable 10 ft lbs and it works fine.
If you have to re-use old studs ( or for just installing new ones securely), thread one nut down on the stud, then thread another down on top of it. with 2 wrenches jam the two nuts together. now you can extract the studs by turning the inner nut out. installation is the reverse.
Have fun--------Robert
Robert Ludwick