If vehicle is equipped with a mechanical fan, take off the four bolts that attach fan to water pump pulley.
Turn bolt on belt tensioner (circle pulley center front, pull anti clockwise), believe its 19mm. Remove serpentine belt, let tensioner down, careful not to bash knuckles!
The pulley on the water pump should just pull off. now you can get at the lower radiator hose, undo screw on clamp, slide hose clamp down radiator hose so you don't loose it.
Now you are ready to take off water pump. Take 1/2 drive socket and undo 4 bolts holding water pump to front of engine (2 on each side).
You might want to put a bucket under your engine or a pan to catch the coolant.
Pull off water pump once bolts are removed.
On the underside of the water pump, there are 4 more bolts with a cylindrical steel base.
Take out these bolts and your water pump is now apart.
Before you put water pump back on, you will want to clean the ports on the engine where the water pump bolts on; clean it with scraper. Make sure everything is nice and clean, dirt is an enemy to an engine. Follow serpentine install procedure picture on fan shroud on center front.
A water pump rebuild kit is available from Napa for about $30 but I bought a brand new one for $70 from Napa.
The water pump is driven by the timing belt. If you take it all apart you should replace the timing belt at the same time. The water pump is in the block behind the timing cover.
You take it to the shop. You have to take off the timing belt to do the water pump
It is behind the timing belt coves and you will have to take the timing belt off to change the water pump out
To change the water pump on a 1996 Mazda 626 you have to follow a few step. First you disconnect the miscombobulater from the alternator valve. Then you take the water pump off and put the new one on. Lastly you re -attach the miscombobulator and the altornator valve. There you have it.
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the easy way to find it is to follow the lower radiator hose 'till it reaches the engine and that's your water pump. do it with the engine OFF since its going to take you to where the pulleys are. answer the water pump is on the front of the engine the fan bolts to the water pump
You probably have an air lock in the pump. You need to take the pump apart and assenble the veins with vasoline so it will prime itself. GoodluckJoe
You have to take out the electric fans. then take off the belts and then you will have to pull the hurmonic balancer off take the timing cover off then take off the timing belt. the water pump is located in between the cams it is bolted on with 3 boltsand looks like a pully. this is for a 1996 dodge intrepid with the 3.5 v-6 you
You have to take the timing belt off it is located behind it
Drain the coolant, pull off the top half of the fan shroud take the fan off of the pulley, remove the belt take the coolant hoses off of the pump and take out the four bolts that hold on the pump.
get a service manuel ..... the water pump is behind and run by the timing belt .... if you are not experianced at setting up the timing marks on a DOHC motor get help or take it to someone who is .........