YYZ-RC wrote:
Graham R wrote:
If you have closed cooling, a standard automotive pump is ok. If not, you need the marine one ( which has a stainless backplate and maybe some other bits use corrosion resistant materials as well)/
I changed it on my 1999 GSi. No real problems, I was just thankful I still had my old "imperial" sockets and spanners !
One thing to watch out for; mine had two V belts, not a serpentine belt. The hub that the pulley bolts onto had been pressed a few mm too far down onto the shaft, meaning the pulley was out of alignment with the others on the engine. I couldn't pull it back with a puller, so I had to use spacer washers behind the pulley to bring it forward and into alignment.
Thanks Graham! I have the serpentine belt so hopefully no issues. I ordered a new belt as well. Hope to tackle it it this weekend, along with running new new shift/throttle cables.
Good luck, hope it goes well for you!
Take good pics and notes on the throttle/shift cables, mine sticks a little, not bad, but I could See that in a couple years