Just wondering who's done it and how big of a pain in the ass it is. I'm gonna have to do mine soon, so any tid-bit of tips would be cool.

pretty bad... when you do this youll have to change your timing belt as well... i believe its in the same location as the 3s water pump... like in between your alt and a/c but closer to the block... i believe the exhaust, a/c, alt are the only components you'll have to remove... but make sure you change your timing belt ...

-DMC

Yep, pretty much same steps as timing belt, just a few extra bolts on the water pump itself, easy enough to do, may need to rent/borrow a puller for the lower pulley, otherwise just standard tools. Get used to the idea of using a regular wrench on a lot of the bolts and taking your time, a ratchet wont fit on a lot of them. I dont remember having to remove any exhaust parts though,,, did need to remove rt motor mount and support the engine on a jack.

ok... now the pulley puller... i would buy one there only like 20 bones... and your gonna have a biatch of a time removing the crank bolt....

I'm pretty sure it's not, but the water pump isn't belt driven, right?

it is... runs off the timing belt...

-DMC

yea, like DMC said its driven by the timing belt.
you should do you timing belt and your timing belt tensioner too if its been 60k since your last timing belt change. good luck.
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