mk3 astra hunting after changing water pump

**mattyninegrand** · 10-08-2005 17:11

Hi

Can anyone help please.

I have put a new water pump an a J reg(92) 1.4 astra and lined the little groove on the bottom pulley up with the little raised bit on the plastics and then lined the groove on the cam pulley straight up with the V cut out in the plastics and started the engine and it fires up and runs but the revs drop and then pick up every couple of seconds.

Regards

M9G

**Mr M3** · 10-08-2005 17:12

Checked the timing marks since running it?

**mattyninegrand** · 10-08-2005 17:18

yeah

I am right with the marks that I have set up arn't I.

little groove on the bottom pulley with a little plastic sticky up bit on the lower plastic cover and then line up the groove on the cam pulley with the little V shaped notch cut out the top of the plastic that sits behind the cam pulley.

Regards

M9G

**Mr M3** · 10-08-2005 17:47

Did you time the marks before removing old belt, to check?
Sounds right though I think.
What else have you removed in doing this, disturbed something?

**mattyninegrand** · 10-08-2005 18:10

i did line them up but had to take the pulleys off to get to the waterpump so the pulleys moved but re-aligned them when put back.

I don't think i disturbed anything.

I don't have a manual and wanted to be sure that the marks i am ligning up are correct

M9G

**astra_marn** · 10-08-2005 18:22

Is the tensioner set right? The water pump will have to be turned to the right angle to make the tensioner line up with apointy bit in between two behind it if I remember correctly (sorry for vague description)

Martin

**mattyninegrand** · 11-08-2005 08:19

Originally Posted by astra_marn

Is the tensioner set right? The water pump will have to be turned to the right angle to make the tensioner line up with apointy bit in between two behind it if I remember correctly (sorry for vague description)

Martin

Went and bought a manual and saw about the pointy thing on the tensioner, all sorted now.

Many thanks

M9G

**astra_marn** · 11-08-2005 08:50

Cool, always good when people let us know things are sorted

Cheers

Martin

**Aragorn** · 11-08-2005 08:57

tbh your very very lucky u didnt bend anything if it was cambelt tension that was causing the problem

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