HELP!!!

[timberdog]

Can anyone help after doing this converstion Disco into my 90 i have just filled her up with water and just my luck water is peeing from a hole under the water pump housing i am told this is an overflow system?

If this is true is it a seal problem or what  never seen one before can anyone help me with this?

[V8MoneyPit]

If it's coming from the actual water pump body, I would suggest the pump seal is totally shot. New pump time.

[timberdog]

Hello mate

New water pump at craddocks is £31.00 is this about right?

[V8MoneyPit]

What engine is it? V8 ones tend to be a lot more than that.

[timberdog]

just been online at cradocks and its a 200 TDI they price them at £33.00

[V8MoneyPit]

Yep, just looking at Paddock Spares and they list at £39.70, so seems like a reasonable price  :)

Check whether it comes with a gasket..... a pain if you've got the old one off and find it doesn't!

[timberdog]

Is it a hard job
I presume remove Pulley wheel first and securing bolts to water pump?

Remove old gasket and clean face of pump replacxe gasket and housing and then pulley back on?

Any tools i would deffo need?
Also how does the pulley come off?

[V8MoneyPit]

Hmm.... now you are stretching my knowledge. Not sure about the specifics of the 200tdi. Usually, the pulley will be held on by 4 bolts. Then, as you say, disconnect the hoses, undo the securing bolts and it should come off. You may need to tap it gently to get it to free of it's locating dowels.

[Xtremeteam]

its a piece of piddle to do the disco tdi waterpump apart from the bolt/stud that seizes in the casing & shears the head off     if all the bolts unscrew shouldnt take more than a hour to do,id expect the pump to come with a gasket as they normally do but get one incase as when you do the timing belt the waterpump has to come off

[timberdog]

V8

Right its off matey

Does that pulley have to come off?

Also how does the seals work inside as im inquisitive [!Expletive Deleted!] and why is the hole their saftey like?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/timberdog/Picture808.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/timberdog/Picture807.jpg

[Xtremeteam]

V8

Right its off matey

Does that pulley have to come off?

Also how does the seals work inside as im inquisitive !Expletive Deleted! and why is the hole their saftey like?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/timberdog/Picture808.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/timberdog/Picture807.jpg

try that

[timberdog]

So mate does that pulley have to come off for viscous or does it come with one?

[Xtremeteam]

that bit stays on the waterpump as thats part of the shaft,
what you have in the pic is what the new one will come like

[timberdog]

Thanks mate ..

I had just done the last circlip on bottom hose on rad and was ready to fire her up for the first time and the trickle of water started i was ready to launch the Rachet threw the Landy window :twisted:  

[Xtremeteam]

that hole is a pressure outlet for between the 2 seals as there is a thermal differance (i think),when it comes from there its gubbed & needs replaced

[Range Rover Blues]

The 'seal' is a soft metal bearing that is just a good fit.  There are 2 bearings (or bushes) and the indicator hole is between the two so you know when the seal has begun to fail.  It's lubricated by the coolant which is why adding anti freeze is a good idea (contains glycol) although this reducing surface tension so adding it to a worn pump will often lead directly to the pump leaking.

Rover group are notoriously expensive for the price of water pumps, about 10 years ago my mate had to do his TR7 and it cost over £50 for the overhaul kit, a new pump was over a ton.