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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / February 200897 v70 2.5L 20 valve water pump issue
Hi...i've just had the head done and the timing belt changed by a local garage. i brought the car home and done less than 150 miles and found the car was losing water badly. It never lost any water before the work was done. I took the car back to the garage and they said the water pump is leaking and needs replacing. They reckon they saw no signs of leakage when the timing belt was changed and it's just bad luck. Does anyone know if changing the timing belt would involve disturbing or causing the water pump to go like that? Thanks....Spike > Hi...i've just had the head done and the timing belt changed by a > local garage. i brought the car home and done less than 150 miles and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > disturbing or causing the water pump to go like that? > Thanks....Spike If the pump was marginal, then just having a tight new timing belt driving it could have been too much for it. Unless the car is very low mileage when the timing belt is replaced, it's a good idea to have the water pump changed as well. Not much consolation now, I know. It's not impossible that they could have done something to the pump, but again, unless it had few miles on it, it was probably just worn. On Feb 6, 10:50 pm, "mjc13<REMOVETHIS>" > mikejones.acis...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi...i've just had the head done and the timing belt changed by a [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > impossible that they could have done something to the pump, but again, > unless it had few miles on it, it was probably just worn. thanks for the quick response. guess i'll have to pay the $500 and get it done :0( Not necessarily. WHERE is the pump leaking? If it is leaking from inside the pump itselt, then yeah, you need a new pump. But that may not be what happened; the mechanic who reinstalled the old pump may not have properly sealed it, causing it to leak at the seal, and that would be HIS fault, not yours. Maybe he didn't press upward on the pump correctly while tightening it; this would cause a leak as you describe at the top O-ring seal. Or maybe the rear O-ring at the metal tube is crooked and not sealing correctly, causing coolant to leak at the rear, where the tube joins the body of the water pump. Go out and LOOK closely at the pump, while the car is running and when it is off, and verify where it is leaking from. If as I suspect it is from a seal, then the shop MUST repair it for free. If you don't feel competent to examine it, as a friend who is, or take it to another shop for a second opinion. I would hate for you to have to pay $500 to fix a problem which the shop caused, but this kind of stuff goes on all the time. Oops, I was thinking of the pump on the 240 - 940 series, I am not familiar with your engine. Maybe the same or similar design, not sure. But yeah, make sure it isn't leaking where it hooks up to the engine / cylinder head. > Hi...i've just had the head done and the timing belt changed by a > local garage. i brought the car home and done less than 150 miles and [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > luck. Does anyone know if changing the timing belt would involve > disturbing or causing the water pump to go like that? Possibly so, or from the pump sitting dry for a period. Tough luck I'm afraid.. Tim.. > <mikejones.acis...@gmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Tim.. Hi, My mech has replaced the water pump everytime the timing belt is replaced. Is that an overkill? Besides it costs only approx USD 100 in Malaysia. Prithvy >><mikejones.acis...@gmail.com> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Prithvy It's not overkill if the engine is the "interference" type - if a broken timing belt can destroy the engine. A water pump breaking can throw off or break the timing belt, so... On Feb 9, 7:53 pm, "mjc13<REMOVETHIS>" > >><mikejones.acis...@gmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Thank you for the reassurance... |
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