by benyeats » Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:53 pm
Spotted a big puddle on the garage floor last week, ignored it as it was next to an upturned watering can......
.......moved the car to do my pre-track day check over yesterday and noticed that the water was not from the watering can (easy mistake to make as that watering can is usually used for coolant top ups)
Tracked the leak down and it looked highly likely to be the water pump. Removed the cam cover and yep it was probably the water pump. No track day for me.
This morning got over to the MG owners club and bought a new cam belt, water pump and cam tensioner then the fun started.
Removing the old belt was not too tricky with a few tricks required:
i) Get the proper cam locking tool from Rover
ii) The lower crank shaft bolt can be removed by putting the car in fifth gear and putting the handbrake on, this saves buying the Rover flywheel locking tool
Removed the water pump and replaced, also removed the upper engine mount to remove the old belt, not before marking a few key teeth to aid in setting up the new one (photos of some of this to follow when I can be arsed)
Got the new belt on but am struggling to get the tension set correctly, left it for the day.
Ben
Spotted a big puddle on the garage floor last week, ignored it as it was next to an upturned watering can......
.......moved the car to do my pre-track day check over yesterday and noticed that the water was not from the watering can (easy mistake to make as that watering can is usually used for coolant top ups)
Tracked the leak down and it looked highly likely to be the water pump. Removed the cam cover and yep it was probably the water pump. No track day for me.
This morning got over to the MG owners club and bought a new cam belt, water pump and cam tensioner then the fun started.
Removing the old belt was not too tricky with a few tricks required:
i) Get the proper cam locking tool from Rover
ii) The lower crank shaft bolt can be removed by putting the car in fifth gear and putting the handbrake on, this saves buying the Rover flywheel locking tool
Removed the water pump and replaced, also removed the upper engine mount to remove the old belt, not before marking a few key teeth to aid in setting up the new one (photos of some of this to follow when I can be arsed)
Got the new belt on but am struggling to get the tension set correctly, left it for the day.
Ben