Water pump blues

yeah how do you change the crossover, anyu pics, i'd like to know

deftsound said:

im pretty sure its the water pump, it makes a loud sucking/hissing noise when i shut the car off for about 5-10 seconds. Also when i turn the car on you can hear a click/chitty sound from the serpentine belt area so im pretty sure its the water pump.

To replace water pump im thinking
1) take serpentine belt off
2) unbolt water pump and take off
3) put new one on
4) connect hoses and serpantine belt

Am i missing anything? pics would help

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take off could be alot harder than it looks, have a huge ****ing hammer ready

also clean off the surfaces, check inspect the gasket (o-ring)

deftsound said:

no after getting raped by ford for a 140$ water pump since no auto parts store had one i found out that it was in fact leaking from the crossover or manifold, i believe its the crossover...Anyone have any idea where i can get an aluminum crossover in a hurry and how hard it is to install?

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well I warned you to presure test it.

now do yourself a favor and BLEED the cooling system well. if you don't then you will be back at that ford dealer that raped you getting head gaskets.

I think he meant flush... http://www.bullittarchive.com/1008.htm

Kilgore Trout said:

I think he meant flush... http://www.bullittarchive.com/1008.htm

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No i mean bleeding


when you drain the coolant out of the system and add coolant you need to remove the air pockets afterwards. I use a cooling system bleeding tool that uses compressed air. but at home you can fill it then run it with the heat on the vent so you can feel when it gets hot. you will have to rev the motor up a little (1500-2000 ) rpm's or so and break up the pockets. this may take awile and you will have to add more coolant. be carefull some coolant can overflow out the bottle when doing this.

in that write up killy linked you see how he says the level droped after a few days and he had to add another quart.

that was air. he still had some air in the system.

So it was the intake..Your still covered aren't you? I just sold my PI Intake a few days ago cheap too. Its an easy swap but i'd go to ford and try to get them to fix it under the recall/warranty before the time is up. Then if you do buy a aftermarket one you can sell this new one.

He has a 99 so the original sell date of his car matters. The seven years is up for him sometime this year...

deft..

pm me your vin number and i will tell you if your covered in under a minute.

all i need is the vin and mileage. I can get your warrenty start date form OASIS