Water pump blues

[deftsound]

ok last week i was at the track and from what i think and know i blew my water pump. I was on my second run and i messed up the 3rd gear shift and grinded and blew what i believe was my water pump at the same time when i hit the rev limiter because i tryed to powershift unsuccesfully....

Anyway coolant was sprayed everywhere and from what ive gathered, with the help of some friends, my water pump is busted.

Is there a write up on how to replace the pump? Is it hard? Any help would be helpful thanks!

 

[Mike97gt]

are you sure it's not from the intake crossover. have you had the plastic crossover intake replaced.

when they leak the coolant drips down to the water pump area.

 

[DropTopPony]

^^^ thats the first thing I thought as I read it...but if it is the water pump its fairly easy to swap.

 

[1LowGT]

go get you a pressure tester and pump it no more than cap pressure should be and start looking,it will show

 

[deftsound]

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

 

[ACSPONY]

Removing the fan shroud/fan will give you more room to work with too.

 

[TweekedGT]

You may have just blown your rad cap so It won't keep pressure anymore. That's what happened to me when blew my belt at the track. It's a cheap fix. Did you checl the "spew hole" on the water pump to see if it's leaking?

 

[deftsound]

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?

 

[COramprat]

I don't know if you can swap just the crossover...unless you already have the aluminum one and that is what you damaged.

 

[billison]

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

 

[tomustang]

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

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]

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)

yea no **** i figured that out, that thing was a PITA to take off! I had to take a screwdriver and a hammer and wedge that damn thing off, took me about 45 mins just to figure out how to knock the sob off!

Anyway good to know that i wasted 140 bones on a new waterpump i didnt even need...oh well i guess this gives me an excuse to get one of those professional product performance manifolds...

 

[Mike97gt]

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?

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.

 

[deftsound]

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.

Whats the best way to completely bleed the cooling system?

 

[Kilgore Trout]

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

 

[Mike97gt]

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

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.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

 

[DropTopPony]

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.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

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

 

[Mike97gt]

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