Wollfen
Old Man with a Hat
So i find water in my oil of my dodge intrepid 2.7l v6, ok i do a bit of research, its gonna be the water pump, no big deal, shouldnt take too much to do this, yeah. So where does chrysler put the water pump in such an engine? INSIDE the motor! Ok ok, no big deal a little more labor than usual, lets get to that water pump, holy crap, i hope people like reading a copy of War and Peace while i do this.
First up you take out the headlights, yes headlights, then the top panel covering the radiator, ok, now the radiator comes out, no big deal a bit of workin the aircon condenser out of the way of the transmission cooler attached to the radiator and sandwiched in. Im getting there i think so myself, oh no, not at all. i have to pull the front harmonic balancer out to expose the timing case cover, ahh but the idle wheel pulley for the power steering etc is in the way, have to pull the power steering pump out too, ok ok, getting there i think to myself, damn this is convoluted.
Ok pulls the timing case over off and see the water pump nestled behind the timing tensioners and timing chain, ah crap wtf??? Sighs, off with the plenum chamber on top to expose the top bolts of the rocker covers and start dismantling the top of the engine, geez i been at this almost five hours now and i havent even touched the water pump yet. Ok so now i got the covers off and the plenum chamber off and look at that, i now have to undo the belt tensioners before i even think about seeing how i get that chain out, oh some plugs on the front of the heads you need to undo using a large hex spanner, ugh i dont have the right size its 7.30pm, screw this crap im done for the night, tosses spanner at the mess and walks out....
First up you take out the headlights, yes headlights, then the top panel covering the radiator, ok, now the radiator comes out, no big deal a bit of workin the aircon condenser out of the way of the transmission cooler attached to the radiator and sandwiched in. Im getting there i think so myself, oh no, not at all. i have to pull the front harmonic balancer out to expose the timing case cover, ahh but the idle wheel pulley for the power steering etc is in the way, have to pull the power steering pump out too, ok ok, getting there i think to myself, damn this is convoluted.
Ok pulls the timing case over off and see the water pump nestled behind the timing tensioners and timing chain, ah crap wtf??? Sighs, off with the plenum chamber on top to expose the top bolts of the rocker covers and start dismantling the top of the engine, geez i been at this almost five hours now and i havent even touched the water pump yet. Ok so now i got the covers off and the plenum chamber off and look at that, i now have to undo the belt tensioners before i even think about seeing how i get that chain out, oh some plugs on the front of the heads you need to undo using a large hex spanner, ugh i dont have the right size its 7.30pm, screw this crap im done for the night, tosses spanner at the mess and walks out....
