Water Pump - 3.8L

Material

Removal and Installation

1. Drain the engine coolant. For additional information, refer to Cooling System Draining, Filling and Bleeding in this section.

2. Loosen the coolant pump pulley bolts.

3. Remove the power steering (PS) pump pulley. For additional information, refer to Section.

4. Remove the bolts and the coolant pump pulley.

5. Remove the PS bracket.

• Remove the bolts.
• Remove the nuts.

6. Disconnect the lower radiator hose from the coolant pump.

7. Position aside the coolant heater outlet tube assembly.

• Remove the bolt.

8. Remove the coolant pump.

• Remove the stud.
• Remove the four bolts.
• Remove the four nuts.

9. Clean and inspect the gasket sealing surfaces.

10. To install, reverse the removal procedure.

• Install a new gasket.
• Tighten the coolant pump stud, bolts and nuts in the sequence shown.

11. Fill and bleed the cooling system. For additional information, refer to Cooling System Draining, Filling and Bleeding in this section.