the car has been driving me crazy all weekend, i just been dealing with alot of leaks and overheating.
about 2 weeks ago the car was dripping oil and coolant so i located the leaks and replaced both the coolant hoses and an oil pan gasket. not too long after coolant started leaking again, this time on the side where the water pump is.
i have the water pump replaced. this would be my first time doing it, so i still have all the belts to put back on correctly. i assembled everything before and got the car to run, but its making a really sharp whine and a flapping noise, also the belt running the alternator is heating up even with a tiny bit of play, not too much tension in the belt.
so far here are the things i have probably done wrong:
- i was told LATER that i should never take off the tensioner adjusting nut, and i did, perhaps this is why my timing belt isnt tensioning correctly. is there a fix to this?
- timing belt isnt tensioned correctly even after cranking it three teeth back and retightening the adjusting bolt.
- i forgot to mark the positions of the oil pump pulley and the other pulley on the other side of the crankshaft. can this cause anything to be running at the wrong time?
- when i had everything assembled incorrectly the car still ran but like shit, however i was more concerned with where coolant was leaking from AGAIN this time on the side where the upper and lower rad hoses had been replaced. except the leak isnt involving the rad hoses, it is coming elsewhere. i havent had the time it locate it yet, but it seems there is coming from a smaller hose that is also running from the head. i looked in the manual breifly but coudlnt find out what sort of line this is.
if anyone could offer any assistance it would be greatly appreciated
about 2 weeks ago the car was dripping oil and coolant so i located the leaks and replaced both the coolant hoses and an oil pan gasket. not too long after coolant started leaking again, this time on the side where the water pump is.
i have the water pump replaced. this would be my first time doing it, so i still have all the belts to put back on correctly. i assembled everything before and got the car to run, but its making a really sharp whine and a flapping noise, also the belt running the alternator is heating up even with a tiny bit of play, not too much tension in the belt.
so far here are the things i have probably done wrong:
- i was told LATER that i should never take off the tensioner adjusting nut, and i did, perhaps this is why my timing belt isnt tensioning correctly. is there a fix to this?
- timing belt isnt tensioned correctly even after cranking it three teeth back and retightening the adjusting bolt.
- i forgot to mark the positions of the oil pump pulley and the other pulley on the other side of the crankshaft. can this cause anything to be running at the wrong time?
- when i had everything assembled incorrectly the car still ran but like shit, however i was more concerned with where coolant was leaking from AGAIN this time on the side where the upper and lower rad hoses had been replaced. except the leak isnt involving the rad hoses, it is coming elsewhere. i havent had the time it locate it yet, but it seems there is coming from a smaller hose that is also running from the head. i looked in the manual breifly but coudlnt find out what sort of line this is.
if anyone could offer any assistance it would be greatly appreciated
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