Here we are.....proof Thanks Ernie and Paul!!!! Without the manual and Paul´s photos I would not have managed..... Now we have to buy the service kit and then the funny part begins. All the best, //B// Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
3 years and 10 000 kms = 6250 miles As you can see the belts are ok all three of them. I will change the cam belt now and the others next time. We went to England last engine out service and as you can see QV london in Ascot made their point. You can also see one of the KIA sensors I bought last spring.......working ok. Pls find enclosed a photo of our home during winter......LOL //B// Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
.......of rust and me not taking all the bolts out..... The towers were very rusty and needed lubricant........then the two bolts close to the sway bar were only loose (the nuts were off)............................bolts away and then it all went smooth. Thanks again Ernie.........without you and Paul´s photos it would have been a disaster. Rgds, //B//
Always great to see a Brother do the job himself. Looking forward to seeing more pics/info of the work.
.....well not quite but definetely on the way..... A few pictures showing the new cam belt fitted and the engine assembly back in the car with new belts to both A/C compressor as well as to the alternator. We put in new tensioners as well. There was some play in the shaft of the waterpump so it has to be changed at the next engine out service. Does anyone know if there is a "kit" available with new bearings and stuff or do I have to buy a new fron part assembly? Checked with eurospares.....some 1500 USD / 950 GBP / 1000 Euro....expensive huh ???? The small "filter" on the last photo is located in the bottom of the oil reservoir. When I took it off there where some 20 very small "drops" of metal.....just like the kind you get when you weld something with a mig/mag. It has probably not been removed since the car was manufactured. Another 10 hours and we will fire up again......exciting...... //B// Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
You can check out Superformance.co.uk. I rebuilt my 355 water pump using bearings, shaft, clips from them. Not sure if 348's pump is the same.
Stop! If you already have play in the waterpump bearing it is ready to fail. The waterpump is driven by the timing belt.....is it not? You need to change it now to avoid serious problems later (and a repeat of the engine out BEFORE your next scheduled t-belt change.
ALL bearings have a *little* bit of play in them. If they didnt.........they wouldnt spin freely. All depending on how much play Ben has. I have re-used bearings before with 'acceptable' amounts of play in the bearings. Have never had an issue. If the bearing play is acceptable, then I would leave it. Id replace it for the fact that the seal may leak in 6 months time then you will have to do the job all over again.
i want to try to do this when my next major is due. I know i probably shouldnt mess with the cambelts, i'll have someone else do those for me but for the sake of saving $ on labor i think i could pull the engine. it really doesnt look like it is that difficult. how many hours did it take and what would you rate the difficulty on a scale of 1-10? Thx, Dustin
