Can anyone head to a right direction on changing a water pump on a 2.4L engine? Any DIYS or links for Dodges Any help would be appreciated The garage wants $500+ and I know I can do it myself alot cheaper with some help Thanks
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The 2.4 water pump is buried under the timing belt cover(s) according to my Caravan factory service manual. It looks to be a very labor intensive project that involves removing:
-Coolant
-Right splash shield
-Accessory belts
-Right engine mount (2 steps)
-Timing belt cover(s)/timing belt (a process in itself. Timing mark alignment is tricky, remove crankshaft vibration dampener and air cond./alt. tension pulley).
-Timing belt idler pulley.
-Remove both cam sprockets(Special tool C-4687 and adapter C-4687-1)
-Remove the generator and bracket
-Remove water pump to engine attaching
bolts.
The book shows 13 steps for removal.....I didn't include battery disconnect, put on hoist,etc., and I combined a few (right engine mount).
There are 13 steps to re-install.
Later, I will see if my Haynes Manual has all the steps.
Did you try Google?.... http://www.ehow.com/how_4590537_replace-water-pump-chrysler-sebring.html
http://www.answerbag.com/article/How+to+...otor-water-pump
Or allpar.com?
-Coolant
-Right splash shield
-Accessory belts
-Right engine mount (2 steps)
-Timing belt cover(s)/timing belt (a process in itself. Timing mark alignment is tricky, remove crankshaft vibration dampener and air cond./alt. tension pulley).
-Timing belt idler pulley.
-Remove both cam sprockets(Special tool C-4687 and adapter C-4687-1)
-Remove the generator and bracket
-Remove water pump to engine attaching
bolts.
The book shows 13 steps for removal.....I didn't include battery disconnect, put on hoist,etc., and I combined a few (right engine mount).
There are 13 steps to re-install.
Later, I will see if my Haynes Manual has all the steps.
Did you try Google?.... http://www.ehow.com/how_4590537_replace-water-pump-chrysler-sebring.html
http://www.answerbag.com/article/How+to+...otor-water-pump
Or allpar.com?
Holy.....
Thanks doitmyself (cool name by the way)No I didnt check them links out I never heard of them, sounds like a big job may think twice on it but then I love a challenge. And again thanks I will look into those sights/links
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The Sebring Haynes manual expands just a tiny bit on top of what those links show. It includes a few pictures, some torque values, etc..
To me, it seems like the timing belt part of this project is worse than the water pump.
I don't think you are supposed to re-use a timing belt under any circumstance, so your quote should include that.
$500 doesn't seem too bad. Water pumps range from $45 to $130+.... you want OEM (or better)quality here, in my opinion.
My Caravan is due for its timing belt/water pump replacement and I am trying to find a mechanic I trust and can afford. My family says I have broken all records for slowness regarding any repair....hour and a half oil change!!!!
This would be a late night/no sleep, all weekend, swear word producing project, I'm sure. Especially when one of those water pump bolts breaks off.
To me, it seems like the timing belt part of this project is worse than the water pump.
I don't think you are supposed to re-use a timing belt under any circumstance, so your quote should include that.
$500 doesn't seem too bad. Water pumps range from $45 to $130+.... you want OEM (or better)quality here, in my opinion.
My Caravan is due for its timing belt/water pump replacement and I am trying to find a mechanic I trust and can afford. My family says I have broken all records for slowness regarding any repair....hour and a half oil change!!!!
This would be a late night/no sleep, all weekend, swear word producing project, I'm sure. Especially when one of those water pump bolts breaks off.
I did this on a 2.0 Neon, and the toughest part was removing the crank pulley. It is time consuming, but with a good manual, the right tools and some mechanical aptitude it can be done. Keep in mind this is an interference engine, so if anything goes wrong with the installation of the timing belt, you will likely destroy the engine.
Think I will go ahead and do the job this weekend, I pulled the head and reinstalled it on a 98 VW so I'm pretty confident about doing the job. As far as the special tools go they look easy enough to make. My bro has a little milling machine that he has turned into a CNC so if needed I can use that, I'll just have to tear into the car to get the dimensions needed, unless I can find that on line somewhere. I'll post my success (That's my confidence talking)
And thinking about it I've done 2 GMs with interference engines also Been some time since I done those though
Is the timing belt near replacement time? If so do it at the same time as well as the tensioner while you've got it all apart.
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Is the timing belt near replacement time? If so do it at the same time as well as the tensioner while you've got it all apart.
Yes its probably past time I planned on changing the timing belt along with the accessory belts but never give the tensioner a second thought Thanks I will do that too
Is the timing belt near replacement time? If so do it at the same time as well as the tensioner while you've got it all apart.
Yes its probably past time I planned on changing the timing belt along with the accessory belts but never give the tensioner a second thought Thanks I will do that too
got the car going to do the water pump tomorrow any more tips would be great Thanks
I do know to roll the engine over by hand first to tell if there is going to be any interference and to put the timing belt on the back cam pully first then down to the crank pulley pulling it tight then from cam to cam pulley and finally water pump and tensioner
Sorry my bad you start at the crank pulley going counter clockwise to the water pump tensioner then cam pulleys Surprised no one else caught this
started off pulling valve cover to replace leaky gasket wrong gasket. 4.5 hrs later got water pump pulled out opened box to find new one to be wrong one. Checked out new acc belt and new timing belt compared to old ones and wrong ones so car is sitting till tomorrow. Found out you sure can't go by Haynes Manual they have some unnecessary steps and don't have some necessary steps. And claim to torque water pump bolts to 105 foot lbs, I really don't think thats right. But everything went good so far. Yes I'm Knocking on wood now
105 inch pounds maybe? It is inch pounds, I just checked my $4.95 ebay PDF factory service manual for my Neon. Its the service manuals scanned with linked table of contents, 1217 pages. I imagine you can find one for your car too.
Could be inch pounds and not foot pounds have to reread it when I get back outside to work on it. I'm so use to foot pounds that I could have misread the Haynes. Found another site that says 20 ft lbs much more believable.Hopefully it don't rain, snow and hail today like it did yesterday. Yes doing it in the driveway, to much stuff in the barn to get a car in there.
Thinking about it this block is pretty much empty of coolant so is just filling the plastic tank with coolant and keeping it full while idling going to do the job or should I fill the block some how?
I'll look into that if something else major happens Jobs done went pretty good and no extra bolts or parts Thanks for the help all
Got the car done yesterday. Took my time did it right (no extra nuts or bolts)Put 45 miles on it and no problems. Took me 8.5 hrs and a garage charges you for 8 hrs so for my first time on a dodge I'd say I did good. Knuckles are scraped up a bit but didn't bust one open. I'll have to look into one of those PDF service manuals next major job and see if there any better then a Haynes. But I buy and sell cars so I'll turn into there best costumer. Those links helped out alot so Thanks doitmyself for them and Indylan
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