1996 w210 straight 6 Waterpump Replacement
Dear MB fellas,
This DIY is for the straight 6 engine waterpump removal.
Location: my house in baltimore, maryland
This is my second water pump failing. I replaced one 2 years ago but I should have never bought one from ebay. Learned my lesson. I bought a waterpump for $60 on ebay and I paid someone $200 to put it in but now in 2 years Its making making noises and some coolant was leaking for the past couple of months.
Things I didn't do.
I did not remove the fan/shroud, radiator, power steering pump reservoir or drained the radiator.
I looked at other DIY articles but I decided to go with my instincts.
1- I did not drain the radiator, rather I have clamped the hoses going on top and bottom of the waterpump with hose clamps. They are dirt cheap at harbor freight. I removed all hoses from the water pump and used zip ties to get them out of my way.
2- I did not remove fan or radiator orwaterpump pulley, , just the drive belt with 15 mm socket on belt tool that goes on spring tensioner.
3- Waterpump is held by 4 hex 6 bolts. I got the long hex bits from harbor freight around $13.99 and that was all. They go on 3/8 wrench. I didn't use allen keys.
4- the brake booster cable comes under the intake manifold, i removed the screw and got that out of my way. so there was plenty of room to work on when using the ratchet.
5- slowly removed all the screws, the front bottom lower screw is hard to see through so just use a small mirror or feel for it and it comes out pretty easy.
6- Water pump comes out after all 4 hex bolts are out and new one goes in, I took mine out in an hour. I will put it back together tmrw.
I have craftsman cordless impact wrench so I removed all the screws on the thermostat housing and water pump pulley. I took those out when I took the whole water pump out.
7- autozone sells waterpump for $150 without core with lifetime warranty so i ordered one today and it will come tmrw to the store and i will pick it up.
8- this is how I did it. I know there are better ways to do it. it can be easily done, just have plenty of lighting, i bought a clip on light from harbor freight and I could easily see everything.
I will try to replace my hex screws with regular bolts from ace hardware or home depot. they are known to strip.
Please leave comments and suggestions. Im sorry if i wasn't organized but I be happy to answer questions
Dear MB fellas,
This DIY is for the straight 6 engine waterpump removal.
Location: my house in baltimore, maryland
This is my second water pump failing. I replaced one 2 years ago but I should have never bought one from ebay. Learned my lesson. I bought a waterpump for $60 on ebay and I paid someone $200 to put it in but now in 2 years Its making making noises and some coolant was leaking for the past couple of months.
Things I didn't do.
I did not remove the fan/shroud, radiator, power steering pump reservoir or drained the radiator.
I looked at other DIY articles but I decided to go with my instincts.
1- I did not drain the radiator, rather I have clamped the hoses going on top and bottom of the waterpump with hose clamps. They are dirt cheap at harbor freight. I removed all hoses from the water pump and used zip ties to get them out of my way.
2- I did not remove fan or radiator orwaterpump pulley, , just the drive belt with 15 mm socket on belt tool that goes on spring tensioner.
3- Waterpump is held by 4 hex 6 bolts. I got the long hex bits from harbor freight around $13.99 and that was all. They go on 3/8 wrench. I didn't use allen keys.
4- the brake booster cable comes under the intake manifold, i removed the screw and got that out of my way. so there was plenty of room to work on when using the ratchet.
5- slowly removed all the screws, the front bottom lower screw is hard to see through so just use a small mirror or feel for it and it comes out pretty easy.
6- Water pump comes out after all 4 hex bolts are out and new one goes in, I took mine out in an hour. I will put it back together tmrw.
I have craftsman cordless impact wrench so I removed all the screws on the thermostat housing and water pump pulley. I took those out when I took the whole water pump out.
7- autozone sells waterpump for $150 without core with lifetime warranty so i ordered one today and it will come tmrw to the store and i will pick it up.
8- this is how I did it. I know there are better ways to do it. it can be easily done, just have plenty of lighting, i bought a clip on light from harbor freight and I could easily see everything.
I will try to replace my hex screws with regular bolts from ace hardware or home depot. they are known to strip.
Please leave comments and suggestions. Im sorry if i wasn't organized but I be happy to answer questions
