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Engine + Driveline / Re: [SOLVED] How to remove a stuck water pump

« on: March 03, 2016, 02:34:09 PM »

FUCK YOU WATER PUMP! ON THIS DAY, MAN WINS. With the help of his lady.



What I ended up doing is literally stepping into the engine bay, popping the crow bar behind the shaft, putting a foot against the radiator support bracket and leaning back on it like no tomorrow WHILE having my girlfriend hit it with a hammer, her girly taps made all the difference lmao. Meanwhile...



if you look at the bottom of the piece that got stuck in there, I can't tell if that's a warp from heat? I gotta figure out how to pull this turd out so I can finishc leaning it up and button her back up. the impeller in the back is like a super thin aluminum metal, its not as beefy as the one on the new pump i got.

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Engine + Driveline / Re: [SOLVED] How to remove a stuck water pump

« on: March 03, 2016, 12:46:57 AM »

I am currently going through this exact procedure. Took everything apart and snapped off the ears for the screw removal method. I've been beating on it all day and it hasn't moved a mm. Sprayed a mix of brake fluid and atf on there to see if it can penetrate and soften the deposits up, I'll hit it again in the morning "literally.

Pics of my current situation





I have pulled my radiator and deleted my a/c long ago so I have all the room in the world. I am considering hooking a slide hammer with a claw to the shaft and giving it hell, but I think I'll try your guys methods first since I have to wait a day or 2 for my friend to bring the slide hammer over.

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General Topics / Engine feels like stalling when the electric fan comes on. 92 318i

« on: February 23, 2016, 06:02:16 PM »

First time poster, hoping to get an answer.

Today I managed to fix whatever reason my auxiliary fan plug wasn't getting power, so I spliced in the Hayden electric fan I replaced the clutch fan and auxiliary fan with into the high speed wire. I started up the car and let it get to 210f, sure enough the electric fan kicked on for a bit and kicked back off several times so hooray for that .

The new hurdle i have to tackle is when the electric fan kicks on it makes the rpm's drop for a second or 2 making it sound like the car is about to stall. I searched around on the subject and found it's a sort of common thing that happens to the 318i when the auxiliary fan would come on. But for some other people it wasn't an issue at all. I am using all of the factory wiring to run this fan it's not a 3rd party relay wiring kit.

Some said it because it's a 4 cylinder, replace the O2, replace the fuel filter, check the battery and the alternator etc... My battery is brand new not even 3 months old, I have no codes for the O2 but I never changed it so I'll pick one up Friday, I don't see how this will fix the problem though. My alternator is working fine, I've never had and charging problems of the sort.

Here is the fan I'm using:



http://www.amazon.com/Hayden-Automotive-3700-Universal-Rapid-Cool/dp/B000C3BB4Y


The bog occurs whether I use power from the low speed wire or the high speed wire.