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Omega General Help / Tighten water pump bolt without Timing Cover off!
« on: 31 August 2010, 19:57:52 »
I have just finished doing the timing belt in pretty sweltering heat and I am a novice. I followed the OOF Cambelt DVD to the T and tightened the new Water Pump bolts to 25 NM. I was flushing coolant following instructions in the Maintenance guide at OOF.
Water was trickling from the area of the water pump to the floor. It was a fast drip and slowly became a trickle. I completed the flush and did a short drive with fresh coolant. There is minor leak still apparent.
Questions:
1. Is it air in the system causing some minor leak and would it get better with time?
2. I am newbie and it would be pretty disheartening to remove the Timing belt cover again. Is it possible to reach the water pump bolts without removing timing cover with an off set wrench, etc.?
Thanks and any other comments.
Water was trickling from the area of the water pump to the floor. It was a fast drip and slowly became a trickle. I completed the flush and did a short drive with fresh coolant. There is minor leak still apparent.
Questions:
1. Is it air in the system causing some minor leak and would it get better with time?
2. I am newbie and it would be pretty disheartening to remove the Timing belt cover again. Is it possible to reach the water pump bolts without removing timing cover with an off set wrench, etc.?
Thanks and any other comments.