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DISCUSSION => Engine + Driveline => Topic started by: justcool on March 01, 2009, 04:24:37 PM

Title: Help !!!!! water pump being stubborn.
Post by: justcool on March 01, 2009, 04:24:37 PM

Help me please! Removed the thermostat housing only to find no thermostat. No big issue. I will just buy another along with removing the mounds of silicone and a broken screw. But for the life of me I cannot understand why, when I took all the bolts off the water pump and used the push off holes ( just the name i call them) the bracketry around those holes broke. I am left a water pump that refuses to come out.

Title: Help !!!!! water pump being stubborn.
Post by: B318M42W on March 01, 2009, 04:40:05 PM

this page should help you a lot!

http://www.m42club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7907&highlight=water+pump

Title: Help !!!!! water pump being stubborn.
Post by: 1991 E30 M42 on March 01, 2009, 04:41:16 PM

get you a block of wood and a pry bar and try not to break the timing cover, it is a common problem

Title: Help !!!!! water pump being stubborn.
Post by: justcool on March 01, 2009, 07:13:09 PM

Quote from: B318M42W;67451

this page should help you a lot!

http://www.m42club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7907&highlight=water+pump

Quote from: 1991 E30 M42;67452

get you a block of wood and a pry bar and try not to break the timing cover, it is a common problem

Well the page was informative. However the pry bar and 2x4 that i used did the trick. The Pump out in three peices. All still together but broken. I know that i should suspect that pieces of metal are know in the cooling system. So my question is does the water hose method work or not