Changing your car's timing belt and water pump

Step 5 WP Pulley and Belt

Picture 1:
DO NOT DO WHAT I DID. I removed the belt before dealing with the pulley. It is near impossible to take the pulley off without the belt holding it in place. Using a 10mm wrench, loosen the 4 WP pulley bolts. You may have to turn the crank by hand in order to access all of the bolts.

I went a little out of this order to make pictures easier That bolt hole in the top right of the picture is where the PS pump pivot bolt goes.

Picture 2 and3:
Once the pulley bolts are loose, we now can remove the belt. It took me a little bit to find the alternator pivot bolt because its hidden for some odd reason. Again, I did not take pictures for this step (related to the last step). But behind that arrow a little bit, you'll find a bolt on a bracket. Use some common sense to make sure you found the right bolt. Its gonna be connected to the alternator somehow. Loosen that bolt, then loosen the tensioner bolt on the alternator (again, 14mm)

Comments

[codym]

how long does it take to replace the water pump and the 2 belts? im taking it to a garage cause i cant get it fixed and liked to know how much id be looking at spending. its 35 an hr i heard it takes about 3 hours for a skilled mechanic. please help me out thank you

[trebuchet03]

Mechanics do jobs "by the book" - there's literally a book stating how long  job takes (for billing and etc.). So if a mechanic can finish a "1 hour" job in 30 minutes - they'll charge for one hour plus materials and applicable disposal fees.

I don't actually know what the official time is... But $35/hr is cheap :p

[automd]

Yeah I agree. 35 bucks an hour is pretty cheap compared to the rates of other mechanics. I had my water pump and belts replaced and the mechanic charged me $45 an hour. It took him two and a half hours.

[deemax]

Haha I got in to look at my PS belt because it was squeaking, thought I would just simply tighten it up. When I got in there I found that my tensioner "bolt in question" that you show was completely missing..