It's not as easy at it seems, trust me on this. In fact, I'm in the process of putting my car back together after installing a water pump.
The first thing I had to do was move the cruise control linkage on the passenger side front fender. This helps give you access to the engine mount, and clears some room to get at everything else.
Next, the engine mount has to come off in order to get to the last bolt on the water pump housing. In order to get all the engine mount bolts off the motor, you have to pull the timing cover off. This means the crankshaft pulley has to come off to get the lower cover off. This will give you access to the last bolt that I, myself, couldn't find right away.
After that, you should be able to see the whole pump. Mine, in this case, had five 10mm bolts.
Oh, on a side note, I bought the only water pump Autozone offered, and I couldn't use it. Reason being that it had a bolt on pulley, the pulley wasn't included of course, and the pump I was taking off had a pressed on pulley, so pay attention to that to save yourself from extra headaches.
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 AT 9:10 PM
