Noise During Idle - Can someone guess what it might be?
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One thing I want to add, in the service manual, it says you need a SST (special service tool) to hold the pulley from spinning, but in Serifiyah's thread, he did it without the SST. I was able to take off the pulley without the SST because the belt held it in place enough to loosen the bolts. However, installing the pulley, I wasn't able to keep the pulley from spinning but was able to tighten it down with the help of some bros with muscles.
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Yes, you need the coolant! A lot will drain out from the radiator but there's also a bunch that stays in the water pump so you can't reuse it since it ends up on the floor. It was only $48 for 2 gallons. 1 gallon isn't enough.
The job took me about 4 hours and I have very little experience. The most time consuming part was actually disconnecting the hoses since I didn't want to rip them. Everything else is pretty much self explanatory once you read the DIY a few times.
The job took me about 4 hours and I have very little experience. The most time consuming part was actually disconnecting the hoses since I didn't want to rip them. Everything else is pretty much self explanatory once you read the DIY a few times.
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It's really not that hard especially if you read the DIY a few times. After I removed all the hoses, everything made sense and the rest was easy. Before I removed the hoses I kept wondering where the hell the water pump was. Also, none of the bolts are torqued to ridiculous levels so it made things even easier.
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It's really not that hard especially if you read the DIY a few times. After I removed all the hoses, everything made sense and the rest was easy. Before I removed the hoses I kept wondering where the hell the water pump was. Also, none of the bolts are torqued to ridiculous levels so it made things even easier.
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Thanks for all the help everyone and I ended up getting the water pump replaced by a local mechanic this past weekend. I ordered the water pump off of eBay for $95, 2 gallons of coolant was purchased from a Toyota dealership for $44 and paid the mechanic $100 for the labor (Total cost was $239 so I saved over $350 compared to doing at a dealership! )
I'm very happy that the engine does not make that metal grinding noise any longer and the car runs strong!
I'm very happy that the engine does not make that metal grinding noise any longer and the car runs strong!
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