How much play in waterpump bearing?

[BYprodriver]

Yeah you can drive it til the engine gets to about 220 degrees or the battery gets low. engine heat will get to high first thou

[yimmy149]

So it seems some play in the bearings is probably acceptable - date on the "old" pump is '07. I'm learning the hard way why maintenance records are important...

The pump came out fairly easy, but the hoses not so much, I ended up cutting them - so I'm gonna have to order some more. $60 (out of stock) at the local stealer, hopefully sunset will be half that.

At least it gave me an excuse to put in the upgraded thermostat.

-james

Water pump bearings are used primarily in automotive water pumps and basically consisted of standard double row bearings.Mainly exists two types design
1.Ball-ball with two rows of balls
2.Ball-roller with one row balls,one row roller.

Hi,
I have seen the cam synchronizer go bad and thought it was a pulley problem. it sounded like the noise was right there at the belt. this was also a 2000 windstar w/3.8. good luck.

[yimmy149]

Car is all back together now. The idle sounds better with the new alt. pulley and waterpump. And with the new t-stat, as long as the car is doing 40+, the temp gauge sits right on the 180 tick mark.

-james