good weekend gone bad

well started out this weekend good headed down to the cape for my sisters wedding. got 2 the hotel and my power steering was skipping on me. so i poped my hood and my waterpump was pouring all over my opyi and belt.. iam hour and a half from home. car is parked till monday morning hopefully i can fill it up and get it home.. time for a full tune up. already have msd wires, new opti, acdelco plugs, and now gettin a water pump. it will be off the road next week for winter time. and goin 3 drive my 4x4 chevy for the winter..

Water pump's not too bad. You could do it in the lot in an hour or so...

One of the bolts is actually a nut on a stud that's a bolt. I spent 20 minutes trying to figure out why the pump wouldn't come out after I took off all the bolts and the nut. Then it dawned on me to actually look closer at the stud and I saw another hex head further down

Including that slip-up I had the pump swapped over including the temp sensor and thermostat in about an hour. That includes putting the belt back on and reconnecting the hoses. And that was my first time looking at one of those pumps. Not a difficult job.

well the car went in the garage 2day. water pump, lower pulley, opti, and air pump are all off. swaping out for my msd wires right now and then gettin my new opti on. water pump,lower pulley, and some other stuff is goin with me 2 work 2morrow 2 get sprayed base/clear black.



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Do you have the caps for the manifolds?

96slowss wrote:

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I have seen this someplace before.

update opyi on and msds



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you should change all the front seals now or you will be doing it again

changed the seal behind the opti. timing cover was dry.

how about the waterpump drive seal ?

i was just lookin at that. i think iam goin 2 grab one 2morrow after work..

96slowss wrote:

i was just lookin at that. i think iam goin 2 grab one 2morrow after work..

Do it, or you'll be sorry

search on here for billy Mac's seal installer for the waterpump drive


found it https://badass-of-ne.forumotion.com/bad-talk-f5/w-p-seal-install-tool-t1890.htm#20593

got my acdelco water pump. sprayed it base/clear silver at work before i put it in. now iam waiting on a new t stat. then i can flush my block and add coolant and blead the system.



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Is it just me or does the opti seem to be in a bad space, what with all the potential for getting soaked with water/coolant. Last I checked, water and electrics dont mix.

Cadet57 wrote:

Last I checked, water and electrics dont mix.

Sorry to point out your error.
Water & electrics mix quickly & easily
Its the results that can be shocking.
As far as the location....you may be right about that

Pretty sure that that's what you'd call an "engineered failure" right there. Last long enough to get out of warranty, and then gets the service department or sales floor more work when it goes.

toomanytoyz wrote:

Pretty sure that that's what you'd call an "engineered failure" right there. Last long enough to get out of warranty, and then gets the service department or sales floor more work when it goes.

How do you think the German car makers do so well?

Gen 2's have a handfull of design flaws. That's why the head design is the only thing that carried over to the next generation.

i agree. but the cars 2gether now and driving again. its running real good. i went back to a new stock tstat. dont think the 160 was doin anything for me. new filter, oil change, plugs are in and its good to go for now.

96slowss wrote:

i agree. but the cars 2gether now and driving again. its running real good. i went back to a new stock tstat. dont think the 160 was doin anything for me. new filter, oil change, plugs are in and its good to go for now.

Yeah, you won't see any difference with the 160 thermostat unless you program the fans to come on sooner. My Impala ran about 170-175 all day long in the summer with that set up.

Cadet57 wrote:

toomanytoyz wrote:

Pretty sure that that's what you'd call an "engineered failure" right there. Last long enough to get out of warranty, and then gets the service department or sales floor more work when it goes.

How do you think the German car makers do so well?

Yeh, VW/Audi are no different, as are Nissan and Toyota.

96slowss wrote:

i agree. but the cars 2gether now and driving again. its running real good. i went back to a new stock tstat. dont think the 160 was doin anything for me. new filter, oil change, plugs are in and its good to go for now.

You need a tune to take full advantage of a 160 ts. Timing and fans.

EDIT: I see Mr C. has already posted.