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[GrahamK]

Well my mare of a Cambelt, waterpump and thermostat job is still not done.
I apologise if everyone else is as sick of it as I am.

The Aux belt fiasco finally resolved itself this morning, when my larger belt arrived and I was delighted to hear the engine start smoothly at the first turn of the key-great.

Turned off and put my new red anti-freeze in and started topping up the water.

Of course my drive is now a fetching shade of pink. Never mind the cost of the antifreeze down then drain, but I must have a problem with the waterpump/thermostat/coolant pipe. It is not the drain valve at the bottom of the rad, the water looks like its coming out at the front of the engine somewhere.

If anyone has any ideas of where to start I would really appreciate the advice.

Regards,

Graham

[VXL V6]

You can just about see the thermostat with everything still fitted so I would check there first.

Then I think i'd look at the waterpump.

[Omegatoy]

wasnt there a bunch of waterpumps that were thinner than originals requiring spacers to take up the slack or something on the bolts, i.e. the bolts were bottoming out before the pump was fully seated?
jm2pw

[GrahamK]

The WP seemed to sit OK, but I have read some posts about that myself. I thought the problem was the bolts fauling the impellor.

Having had my first glass of wine, I'm beginning to feel a little more positive.
This is my first quad cam V6 cambelt and the engine runs fine. A grunt a grounch and silence would have been a real problem!

I will be able to get the stuff of again pretty quick and I will sort it.

Regards,