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Message: Replacing Water Pump
Changed By: kentv1
Change Date: July 09, 2012 02:21AM
Replacing Water Pump
Change Date: July 09, 2012 02:21AM
Replacing Water Pump
I have a 2000 Boxster S.
This will be my third in 70K miles. Not so good. WOW, it seems that both the pump and thermostat seal up with a steel gasket and no gasket sealer or silicone. Is that correct?
Also, I seem to have the bolts all mixed up. There are 5 all the same length, and two long. Those appear to be for the two sleeved fittings on the pump housing--the short little fitting sleeves on each side of the pump housing. Sound right?
I'm not so confident I can seal that without a leak, but I'll try.
Can I use the Bentley method to re-pressurize, without buying that special tool I'll never use again? The Bentley manual says that you just flip up the bleeder lever, protect the trunk carpet with towels, run, rev, fill, run fill, etc. Can I do it that way or am I looking for trouble.
Thanks all.
This will be my third in 70K miles. Not so good. WOW, it seems that both the pump and thermostat seal up with a steel gasket and no gasket sealer or silicone. Is that correct?
Also, I seem to have the bolts all mixed up. There are 5 all the same length, and two long. Those appear to be for the two sleeved fittings on the pump housing--the short little fitting sleeves on each side of the pump housing. Sound right?
I'm not so confident I can seal that without a leak, but I'll try.
Can I use the Bentley method to re-pressurize, without buying that special tool I'll never use again? The Bentley manual says that you just flip up the bleeder lever, protect the trunk carpet with towels, run, rev, fill, run fill, etc. Can I do it that way or am I looking for trouble.
Thanks all.
Original Message
Author: kentv1Date: July 09, 2012 02:18AM
Replacing Water Pump
This will be my third in 70K miles. Not so good. WOW, it seems that both the pump and thermostat seal up with a steel gasket and no gasket sealer or silicone. Is that correct?
Also, I seem to have the bolts all mixed up. There are 5 all the same length, and two long. Those appear to be for the two sleeved fittings on the pump housing--the short little fitting sleeves on each side of the pump housing. Sound right?
I'm not so confident I can seal that without a leak, but I'll try.
Can I use the Bentley method to re-pressurize, without buying that special tool I'll never use again? The Bentley manual says that you just flip up the bleeder lever, protect the trunk carpet with towels, run, rev, fill, run fill, etc. Can I do it that way or am I looking for trouble.
Thanks all.
Also, I seem to have the bolts all mixed up. There are 5 all the same length, and two long. Those appear to be for the two sleeved fittings on the pump housing--the short little fitting sleeves on each side of the pump housing. Sound right?
I'm not so confident I can seal that without a leak, but I'll try.
Can I use the Bentley method to re-pressurize, without buying that special tool I'll never use again? The Bentley manual says that you just flip up the bleeder lever, protect the trunk carpet with towels, run, rev, fill, run fill, etc. Can I do it that way or am I looking for trouble.
Thanks all.