Inlet manifold back on
Oil cooler back on with an aluminium link pipe and new pressure sensor
Water pipe and various bits back on the rear
Ready for the the timing belt to go back on
Water pump mounting surface cleaned up
I took the slightly unusual step of chasing out the threads with a tap, since the last water pump was stuck on with lots o silicone which had made its way in to the bolt holes, so that needed cleaning up and removing otherwise it could hydrolock the new bolts
Water pump on with new bolts
New belt kit on
When we got it fired up originally, it was making a lot of noise from the hydro fan, which I thought was the coupling causing the fan to run at full speed, but when I took it off the coupling was fine. It turned out the noise was actually the fan bearing itself which is very loud and grumbly. Luckily I now have a sensibly priced solution to this
The fan mounting hub is bolted in to the bearing
Pull the bearing off the hub
Hub with the bearing removed
Press the hub in to the new bearing
Bolt back in and it runs nice and smooth again
Back on the engine
That concludes all the engine work for which it needs to be on the stand so its back on the separating machine. I still need to reattach the coolant hoses, spark plugs & coil packs, ancilliaries, and then fit the replacement wiring harness but that'll happen when its reattached to the gearbox.
