Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 19:08:53 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Water Pump // Alternator Belt problem
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It sounds like you've done the heavy lifting Harold!
Your pulleys need to be in fairly good alignment. Maybe you can shim the
water pump pulley out so that it matches better with the others. Maybe you
have the wrong ( ie 1.9) water pump on there?
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Harold Teer <teer.vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:
> I need some advice/help with a problem. In preparing for a long trip this
> summer which could amount to about 12,000-14,000 miles, I decided to do as
> much of the preventive maintenance on our van as I could so that I would
> learn more about the van and how to fix things should we have problems on
> the road. I changed the spark plugs, rotor, distributor cap, fuel filter,
> air filter, oil and oil filter, and flushed the power steering, brake and
> clutch systems. As I was doing all of that, I noticed that the water
> pump/alternator belt was loose and frayed a little even though it had been
> changed by a real mechanic about 16,000 miles ago. So, I ordered an A/C,
> Power Steering, and Alternator belt so I could change all belts.
>
> Before removing the belts, I noticed that the water pump, alternator belt
> did not seem to line up perfectly. The pulley for the water pump is closer
> to the front of the van than the engine pulley or the alternator pulley.
> In
> fact, the outer lip of the water pump pulley seemed to line up almost with
> the inner lip of the engine pulley. After removing the belts, I checked
> the
> end play in the alternator and the water pump pulleys and everything seems
> really tight with no wiggle in the pulleys.
>
> After replacing all belts, the water pump/alternator belt (ContiTech AVX
> 10X1110) twists and kicks off the pulley. So, I know I either did
> something wrong, or something is wrong on the van.
>
> Facts: Coolant has been religiously changed every two years since the van
> was new. During a fix of a leaking head gasket at about 75,000 miles, I
> had
> a new German built water pump installed. The van now has 116,000 miles.
> No
> coolant leakage around the water pump.
>
> Can anyone give me some advice on what to check and how to check it. Be
> easy, I am not a mechanic, just someone who is learning.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Harold
>
> --
> Harold & Faye Teer
> 1991 Westy
> Harrisonburg, VA
>
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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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