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I think i have found my problem which seems to be some clicking within the water pump pulley area.

I have been running my BPT with the timing belt upper cover off and I now see that there is a small hole where a shaft is spinning. This shaft runs to the top pulley. How long would one expect this to last if it just started making a clicking noise.

could go anytime. we changed the water pumpo on the bp and bent the valves because we didnt set the cams right ..doh got it fized and its been running nice since.. but yeah can go anytime. at the end youll just hear a metal grinding noise and it will seize.

But as long as I dont let her over heat after it seizes, the rest of the car should be fine, right? just will need a new water pump

where is a good place to get a water-pump, cost??

thanks

I think my water pump might be getting ready to go to. There is a loud "clanging" type noise coming from the pulleys... and iI have a belt slipping. A good way to test if it is your water pump is to take off the belts and grab the pulley and tug around on it, you should be able to feel if the bearings are going bad and such. Anyways if your looking for a cheap remanufactured model just check out AutoZone.

speacking of the water pump which way does the nut on the crank pully have to be turned. i tries both and still not luck. And what is the best way to do it.

the bolt on the crank is like any standard bolt, counter-clockwise to loosen. if you have a manual transmission, have a friend put the car into gear and then hold the brake, this will stop the crank from rotating while you are loosening the bolt.

thanks man i will have to give that a try. Do you have any idea where i can get a manuil for one. No part store has one around here and i cant find one online.

Thanks

if the store doesn't have one they could probably order one for you.

make sure you use a breaker bar or torque wrench to get your crank pully bolt out...it's really tight, like 120 ft/lbs or something like that.

hgallegos915 wrote:could go anytime. we changed the water pumpo on the bp and bent the valves because we didnt set the cams right ..

BP's are noninference so how did you bend the Valves???