Any step by step D.I.Y for 7a-fe water pump replacement?, Celica 1994 t20 overheating Options

[shawns]

My celica starts to overheat whenever i try to give it some revs on a straight/uphill road. I even top-off the radiator before driving but when it over heats i can see steam coming from under the resevoir for the radiator (under the battery) , my guess is that the water pump is failing

Ive bought a new water pump but i cant seem to get enough access to remove the old one , the only option left is to lift the engine , thats why i am asking for a well written d.i.y here on the forum about that. ALL i can find is a ****ty video on youtube where a japanese guy is changing the pump but has left his camera on the engine so all i can see is him ''working'' with his hands , cant see what he is doing.

[celica74]

most room in there then you think. what kind of tools are you using? it helps to have a variety of extensions, sort and deep sockets, wrenched with and without flex heads. let me look it up in alldata and let you know if theres anything "special" about changing it.

[celica74]

Remove serpentine belts
slide ps pump as far to the fire wall as possible
alldata says to remove the compressor, im pretty sure i havent dont this when i did mine.
remove passenger front tire
jack motor up to release tension from the passenger motor mount
remove motor mount
remove valve cover
alldata also said to remove dip stick tube, again dont know if this is necessary
remove wp pulley, youll need a strap or chain wrench to do this
remove timing covers, not sure it just the upper or both need to be removed
remove water outlet house on the back of the pump (i remember this was a pain so i cut and replaced this)
unbolt and remove wp
at this point youll wanna clean the matting surface between the pump and block
i remember using a little drip of rtv to hold the gasket in place so i could keep it aligned when installed the new pump
while your in there, you might as well replace the timing belt and cam seals. same amount of work to do them later down the road.
if you need torque sepcs i can get them.
instal is just reversed
hope this helps, i know theres problem little things im missing or didnt explain well.