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<blockquote data-quote="sw_steve" data-source="post: 795825" data-attributes="member: 41786"><p><strong>Monday 08/11/2021</strong></p><p></p><p>Much more productive day! Found a golden nugget of info on here over the weekend, advising to remove the engine mount and jack engine from underneath for more access - Did just that! Was finally able to get the much needed torque on the top alternator bolt, which also decided to go snap! (Shock!)</p><p></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/pod8ZVPcj" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/pmZGgELjj" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Ah well, at least I can remove the alternator fully from the car along with the old belt. Water pump pulley and tensioner were a breeze in comparison to the alternator and came undone with no issues. The 3 bolts on the water pump hub were the only tricky ones as you have to tighten one, while loosening the other, took a while to get the right torque on each in order to remove - good old two spanner technique!</p><p></p><p>Old water pump belt off - Looks in okay nick to me</p><p></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/poScgTsnj" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Old pump:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/pnx1d9GQj" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/pnoMNSrKj" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Used a razor blade to get rid of the bulk of old RTV and a microfiber with some WD-40 to clean the remainder and mating surface. New water pump in.</p><p></p><p>Used the paper gasket the water pump came with rather than RTV - (Note to self: If it leaks i'll remove and replace with RTV instead)</p><p></p><p>New belt on and 80% tightened from underneath.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/pocNGpfjj" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Rang local scrappy - K11 in yard with alternator still attached (didn't expect that!). Happy to let me come down and pull what was needed. Only needed the two bolts and the block they sit in. 5 min job with the 12 & 14 socket heads. Old geezer wanted £5. Only had £10 on me so let him have the extra profit for getting me out of a bind and being able to obtain the same day! [£10/£435.56]</p><p></p><p>Went back, fitted the alternator with new bolts and belt. Tightened both 100%. Noice!</p><p></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/pm3LP3Xpj" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Old alternator belt for comparison - Looks worse than the old water belt for sure!</p><p></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/poaMhrhCj" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Darkness approached rapidly, so decided to put inner wheel plastics back with cable ties, wheels back on and lower car off jack stands. </p><p>Called it a productive day and decided to pick it up later in the week due to the weather forecast.</p><p></p><p><strong>Thursday 11/11/2021</strong></p><p></p><p>Once again, I decided to fill the radiator with water instead of coolant, in case the leak was not from the water pump or in case of any gasket issues. 1.5- 2 litres of water in - not very carefully i'll admit. Put the key in the ignition, turned over and went to look under the car. Belts seem fine and no leaks! Result! So the leak was clearly coming from the water pump. Glad that is sorted. Okay, let's take it for a test drive to see if it keeps temp now that the leak has been addressed. Quick little spin around the block, reaches 90 / half way on gauge and continues creeping, yet again</p><p>BUT check engine light has decided to do one! (Need to check if water pump could trigger one?) </p><p></p><p>Okay, could easily be air in the system as I was a bit slap dash and only 'sort of' decided to release the air via squeezing the bottom radiator hose a few times and I write that being generous. However, I decided I would remove the thermostat as the housing appears to be covered in orange sealant and could quite possibly be due for a change anyway.</p><p></p><p>Safe to say i'm glad I did. Here is the current thermostat removed from its housing. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/pn2KoMePj" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/pms8wc3Ej" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Here is the mating face.</p><p></p><p> <img src="https://imageshack.com/i/pnZHi4J8j" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>yeah, you clocked that bolt in the top left hand corner like me, right? </p><p></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/pmuRhahsj" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>So, whoever removed / replaced the thermostat last time, instead of drilling the snapped bolt out decided, "nah" and just RTV'd the whole thing. This is the other end of the bolt that was 'wiggling' in its housing, meaning even if I put a new bolt in, it will freely spin as it has nothing to 'bind' to without re-tapping.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/poVMYZd8j" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/pm5jFVBbj" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>So this is where I currently am:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/pnF3MDgxj" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>With the radiator removed as well. I have ordered a replacement today on FleaBay as it looks like it died of death a long time ago and orange fluid was making a nice break for it when I tipped it upside down. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/pm2n6TZ6j" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/pn9Qwm8Mj" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Fan seems alright though, wondering if there is a method to test while off the car? Would be nice to not have to replace the full cooling system! </p><p></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/poq92xn6j" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/powqAeVvj" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Along with the radiator, ordered some other bits to start making a CAI, following the removal of that over sized air box and ducting! [£61.21/ 496.77]. Will now need to drill the bolt out, test or replace the thermostat and fix the bolt hole on the housing. </p><p></p><p>Next update will likely see costs go over the £500 mark, but so far so good with fixing the leak IMO. These rusted bolts will be the death of me, however! I swear, I will have replaced as many as physically possible or just given up and used cable ties (like the plastic inner wheel arches at the moment!) Hers my current selection of random ones from various locations from the front end so far, both broken and not.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/i/pnynJ9Iej" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>If you made it this far thanks for reading, ill try and keep updates as often as possible but this will be a slow project as I do not need to use the vehicle as a daily ect</p><p></p><p>Cheers - Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sw_steve, post: 795825, member: 41786"] [B]Monday 08/11/2021[/B] Much more productive day! Found a golden nugget of info on here over the weekend, advising to remove the engine mount and jack engine from underneath for more access - Did just that! Was finally able to get the much needed torque on the top alternator bolt, which also decided to go snap! (Shock!) [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/pod8ZVPcj[/IMG] [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/pmZGgELjj[/IMG] Ah well, at least I can remove the alternator fully from the car along with the old belt. Water pump pulley and tensioner were a breeze in comparison to the alternator and came undone with no issues. The 3 bolts on the water pump hub were the only tricky ones as you have to tighten one, while loosening the other, took a while to get the right torque on each in order to remove - good old two spanner technique! Old water pump belt off - Looks in okay nick to me [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/poScgTsnj[/IMG] Old pump: [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/pnx1d9GQj[/IMG] [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/pnoMNSrKj[/IMG] Used a razor blade to get rid of the bulk of old RTV and a microfiber with some WD-40 to clean the remainder and mating surface. New water pump in. Used the paper gasket the water pump came with rather than RTV - (Note to self: If it leaks i'll remove and replace with RTV instead) New belt on and 80% tightened from underneath. [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/pocNGpfjj[/IMG] Rang local scrappy - K11 in yard with alternator still attached (didn't expect that!). Happy to let me come down and pull what was needed. Only needed the two bolts and the block they sit in. 5 min job with the 12 & 14 socket heads. Old geezer wanted £5. Only had £10 on me so let him have the extra profit for getting me out of a bind and being able to obtain the same day! [£10/£435.56] Went back, fitted the alternator with new bolts and belt. Tightened both 100%. Noice! [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/pm3LP3Xpj[/IMG] Old alternator belt for comparison - Looks worse than the old water belt for sure! [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/poaMhrhCj[/IMG] Darkness approached rapidly, so decided to put inner wheel plastics back with cable ties, wheels back on and lower car off jack stands. Called it a productive day and decided to pick it up later in the week due to the weather forecast. [B]Thursday 11/11/2021[/B] Once again, I decided to fill the radiator with water instead of coolant, in case the leak was not from the water pump or in case of any gasket issues. 1.5- 2 litres of water in - not very carefully i'll admit. Put the key in the ignition, turned over and went to look under the car. Belts seem fine and no leaks! Result! So the leak was clearly coming from the water pump. Glad that is sorted. Okay, let's take it for a test drive to see if it keeps temp now that the leak has been addressed. Quick little spin around the block, reaches 90 / half way on gauge and continues creeping, yet again BUT check engine light has decided to do one! (Need to check if water pump could trigger one?) Okay, could easily be air in the system as I was a bit slap dash and only 'sort of' decided to release the air via squeezing the bottom radiator hose a few times and I write that being generous. However, I decided I would remove the thermostat as the housing appears to be covered in orange sealant and could quite possibly be due for a change anyway. Safe to say i'm glad I did. Here is the current thermostat removed from its housing. [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/pn2KoMePj[/IMG] [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/pms8wc3Ej[/IMG] Here is the mating face. [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/pnZHi4J8j[/IMG] yeah, you clocked that bolt in the top left hand corner like me, right? [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/pmuRhahsj[/IMG] So, whoever removed / replaced the thermostat last time, instead of drilling the snapped bolt out decided, "nah" and just RTV'd the whole thing. This is the other end of the bolt that was 'wiggling' in its housing, meaning even if I put a new bolt in, it will freely spin as it has nothing to 'bind' to without re-tapping. [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/poVMYZd8j[/IMG] [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/pm5jFVBbj[/IMG] So this is where I currently am: [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/pnF3MDgxj[/IMG] With the radiator removed as well. I have ordered a replacement today on FleaBay as it looks like it died of death a long time ago and orange fluid was making a nice break for it when I tipped it upside down. [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/pm2n6TZ6j[/IMG] [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/pn9Qwm8Mj[/IMG] Fan seems alright though, wondering if there is a method to test while off the car? Would be nice to not have to replace the full cooling system! [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/poq92xn6j[/IMG] [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/powqAeVvj[/IMG] Along with the radiator, ordered some other bits to start making a CAI, following the removal of that over sized air box and ducting! [£61.21/ 496.77]. Will now need to drill the bolt out, test or replace the thermostat and fix the bolt hole on the housing. Next update will likely see costs go over the £500 mark, but so far so good with fixing the leak IMO. These rusted bolts will be the death of me, however! I swear, I will have replaced as many as physically possible or just given up and used cable ties (like the plastic inner wheel arches at the moment!) Hers my current selection of random ones from various locations from the front end so far, both broken and not. [IMG]https://imageshack.com/i/pnynJ9Iej[/IMG] If you made it this far thanks for reading, ill try and keep updates as often as possible but this will be a slow project as I do not need to use the vehicle as a daily ect Cheers - Steve [/QUOTE]
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