Water Pump Replacement

Here I'm going to explain how to remove and replace a water pump in a Nissan 240sx. The water pump is a belt driven pump that forces water/coolant into the engine block to cool it off. To remove the water pump, it is easier if you remove the intake pipe, the fan shroud and the fan. Once all those things are removed, the pulley on the water pump will come off taking the belt as well. Once everything is off all you have to do is then remove the pump. There are five bolts holding the pump and once all five bolts are off, the pump should then just fall off. There will be a gasket residue left over from the pump that was on. There you want to scrape off that left over gasket so the surface is clean for the new one. Now when you remove the pump most of the water/coolant will have poored out, so make sure you have some to replace what you lost. Your new water pump will come with a new gasket, I recommend also using the silicon gasket maker as back-up with the paper gasket they give you. To install the pump, slowly place it where it belongs so the gasket doesnt fall unless your using the gasket maker which will hold it, then start to screw in the bolts into place. Becareful tightening them because you could break them if bolts become too tight. Once the pump is on, put everything back on and if you had use the gasket maker, allow the silicon to harden and then fill up your cooling system with the proper coolant. You now have finished a water pump replacement.