Good for you. I did the same thing, just in case m (archive)

My plastic impeller was in fine shape too. Then I found out that it's apparently more of a problem on the 6's than the 4's. But hey, who wants to risk blowing the cooling system in the middle of nowhere?

Did you drain coolant from the radiator AND the block drain? If not, that could be where you're short.

Now, If I could just figure out if the reman compressor I just installed has a bad bearing. (sounds like a WWII vintage lathe at idle)

Not that anyone cares. Car was running fine and I replaced the sucker because I had no idea if it had already been done. Sure enough, still the plastic impeller in there. To my surprise, it was in perfect shape. Car is a 93 325is w/59k miles on it. Here are some thoughts.

Toughest part of the job is getting the 32mm fan bolt thingy off. People have commented on this before. I tried to make a tool with my dremmel last night (didn't work) to hold the water pump pulley. Instead, I just used a large flat bladed screwdriver (almost broke it - wear safety glasses). The rest of the job is a peice of cake. Took me 2 1/2 hours start to finish, and I changed both drive belts as well. Just forget about catching the fluid that you drain from the block. Impossible. Coolant is pretty sweet.

Now I am having trouble filling the system back up. I have bled it a few times but right now I have only been able to get 1 gallon of coolant and 1 gallon of water into it. By my calcs that is about 2 quarts short. I guess I'll just keep checking it.

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Re: Good for you. I did the same thing, just in ca JBoz 20:55 7/15/2001 (1)
- I wouldn;t worry about it. This is what I did (m) 93-318is 21:12 7/15/2001 (0)

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