Had a leaking water pump for a while now, losing about a cup of coolant a week and have a new pump ready to install but then I looked at the job ahead and realised the nightmare that awaits me. If I have to take the engine out just for this I had better do the timing chain while I'm there and the mounts too I guess. Any other tips for a job as big as this?
Already removed the egr, precat and modified the inlet a few years ago, had the car for nearly 5 years, got 140000kms on the clock and it runs just fine, always has. For the past 3 years I have done all the work on it myself and if I go through with this job it will be the first time a real mechanic has laid hands on it in quite a while. He has already had talked to some other mechanics who have done the water pump on a z22se before so he has heard the horror stories and is naturally a bit apprehensive. Then he drove the car and realised why I would be keen to keep her going. Hard to find a mechanic in Sydney who gives a dam about an Astra.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Cheers
Already removed the egr, precat and modified the inlet a few years ago, had the car for nearly 5 years, got 140000kms on the clock and it runs just fine, always has. For the past 3 years I have done all the work on it myself and if I go through with this job it will be the first time a real mechanic has laid hands on it in quite a while. He has already had talked to some other mechanics who have done the water pump on a z22se before so he has heard the horror stories and is naturally a bit apprehensive. Then he drove the car and realised why I would be keen to keep her going. Hard to find a mechanic in Sydney who gives a dam about an Astra.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Cheers