tonk 0 Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 My wife's just got back from shopping saying the car keeps cutting out...smoke everywhere!iv got the old belt off but need to know why it snaped...........what i want to ask is does thewater pump turn by hand with out the belt on?Iv done some searching and read that someone elses snaped because the water pump ceasedI hope mine snaped due to old age! Link to post Share on other sites
Ciaran 4 Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 get a new belt and try it mate.if i was at home i would have sent you my old belt to try it but im offshore till wednesday unfortunatly Link to post Share on other sites
Phat VR6 3 Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Does your water pump turn by hand? Link to post Share on other sites
tonk 0 Posted March 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 yeah, its the second one down init? Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Water pump is at the bottom Link to post Share on other sites
tonk 0 Posted March 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Its the one marked coolant right? Link to post Share on other sites
Phat VR6 3 Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Yep its the one named coolant pump but make sure all the rest spin freely.. apart from the crank lol Link to post Share on other sites
tonk 0 Posted March 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 well due to the time of day when this happened i couldent get a replacment now till monday......and my other car is in for M.O.T work so im having to thum a lift to work monday :-(by the way how much does a new on cost? Link to post Share on other sites
tonk 0 Posted March 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 the air con doesent turn by hand.........should i be worried? Link to post Share on other sites
Phat VR6 3 Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Sounds like thats the problem to me bud.. It should spin quite freely.. Once turned on there should be more resistence but shoud def turn by hand... Oh and the fact that there was loads of smoke was probaly the old belt getting worn though Link to post Share on other sites
tonk 0 Posted March 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 yeah just sat here thinking about it, she said the car kept cuting out and that the power stearing was still working, so im guessing that it snaped whilst reversing on to the drive and that the air con pump is where it burnt throu. Link to post Share on other sites
Phat VR6 3 Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Aleast you no that the water pump was working on the way home.. It could have over heated otherwise.surly the belts in a right state? Link to post Share on other sites
tonk 0 Posted March 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Aleast you no that the water pump was working on the way home.. It could have over heated otherwise.surly the belts in a right state? It was! but it only happend about 200 yards from my housegot myself a second hand pump on its way and iv been busy taking the front end off the golf and the only thing left is to disconect 2 air con pipes, is it just a case of undoing them or is there a safe prosiger(sp?) for doing this? Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Has air-con been degassed as its illegal to vent to air Link to post Share on other sites
tonk 0 Posted March 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Has air-con been degassed as its illegal to vent to airyeah (6) did'nt know that......cant get the dam thing apart anyway Link to post Share on other sites
Phat VR6 3 Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 lol.. if its degassed it should be safe to take off.. Ive never had one off on a VR so its up to you to find out. Can't you just unbolt the fitting or it could be a push in and pull out to lock type fitting like on air breaks (trucks)If so push the pipe in and theres a little coller that you got to push in (I use 10mm spanner on the trucks) then the pipe will just pulls out? Can be realy award thoGood luck Link to post Share on other sites
tonk 0 Posted March 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 well i got the pump off today....not as difficult as i thought, its all the wireing that gets mei should have a 2nd hand one comming in the post later this week how much is a new belt? Link to post Share on other sites
tonk 0 Posted April 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Well its all back together now (#) BIG thanks to Mark_H for helping me out in my hour of need as my so called secondhand pump never arivedso i had a look in the clasafieds and seen mark selling one yesterday, he posted it yesterday and it arived 10am today!got it all back together in a few hours........now me and he family can make it to my sisters wedding tomorrow Link to post Share on other sites
Phat VR6 3 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 good to hear you got it sorted Link to post Share on other sites
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