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Noob with a couple technical questions

620 views 4 replies 3 participants last post by  gman77  
#1 ·
First off this looks like a good site, hopefully you guys can help me out a little.

Sunday evening I noticed a puddle under the front of my truck (1998 2.2L), it turned out to be anti-freeze. After looking at things a bit it seems to be coming from the back of the water pump so I need to remove it and either replace just the gasket or the whole thing, I also figured since I'm tearing things apart I should replace the belt, so I've already removed that. Now to my questions....

First off how do you remove the fan/clutch assembly? I've removed four bolts that I thought were holding it on, but it won't budge and I was afraid to use a pry bar. Is there something else holding it on, or is there some kind of special tool I need to get it off? I also am having trouble taking the water pump pulley off, it keeps turning while trying to loosen the bolts holding it on(duh :rolleyes:), would putting the belt back on help hold it?

Last thing, what other parts should I check while I have stuff tore apart under the hood?
 
#2 ·
as far as the fan clutch assembly, once you took the 4 bolts out, it should come off. it takes a little persuading sometimes. just dont pry too hard. i just wiggled mine from the top, then bottom... sometimes you can hit the fan with a hammer, but be careful. if you hit it too hard it will bend it. as far as the water pump goes, it has been years since i had a sonoma with the 2.2. i have a s10 with the 2.2 noe, but havent ran into this problem yet
 
#3 ·
Thanks man, I didn't know if there was some trick to it or not. I thought about trying a hammer, but those blades look like they could bend rather easy, guess I'll get my rubber mallet out and try carefully, lol.
 
#5 ·
That's exactly what I ended up doing. I also discovered that there is plenty of room to remove the water pump without removing the fan, it looked like it would be in the way, but isn't. Now I just have to get all the old gasket material scraped off and slap things back together, I should have it back up and running later this afternoon. :)