My KLZE Ford Festiva build thread

[progt91]

thats the reason i spend the money on new parts. it always finds a way to bite you in the ass in the end. good luck dude. hope the motor is ok and you caught it in time before any real damage was done

[tym2pla7]

thats ****ty bud

[Damkid]

Well my buddy at work told me today that he's once had the same thing happen but with a new pump, he let it sit for months with no fluid and the seal dried up and starting leaking, chances are this is what's happened with mine

Either way tomorrow I should have a new pump in my hands and hopefully tomorrow night it'll be back up and running... Again lol

[DeeAOne]

Sucks about the water pump. Stupid problems like that really annoy me. Lol

[Mazda_Powered]

the most annoying part of this though, is he has to pull the engine/trans out again lol

[Damkid]

Nope I should be able to do it in the car lol went I changed the timing belt and had to put in a heli coil I did it all in the car, the reason I pulled the engine last time was to change the clutch lol

But I got my new pump today

[Mazda_Powered]

oh sweet! I thought you were SOL for room lol, lucky man

[DeeAOne]

So....how did the pump change go?

[Damkid]

Lol I'm actually just finally going to change the pump today actually

[Mazda_Powered]

good luck dude

[Damkid]

2 1/2 hours to change the pump from start to finish

Here's how far down i had to tear it apart

[michael0008]

wow its possible to change the waterpump in your car
thats great to know as some thing is up with my cooling at the moment and might have a blown headgasket too

[Damkid]

Ya I was actually surprised how well it went, other then a bit of fighting to get the timing covers off it went really smooth

[progt91]

good stuff, up and running again. go visit a priest to exercise the demons from it so you get no more issues lol

[Damkid]

Lol well yesterday I put probably 7-800 kms on it and the trip was trouble free so hopefully it stays that way for a while lol