Water Pump - Remove Engine?
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Yes, this has been a complaint out there but not just for the RX350 but also the RAV4 of the same vintage with the 3.5L engine. Two very common vehicles which require extraordinary measures to replace a common item which fails. It also seems to fail at a higher rate than it should.
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I tore into it last night. Removed the RH and FR nuts off the motor mounts. Removed the No. 1 engine mounting bracket off the top front LH as well as a couple bolts from the mount on the rear of the engine in the wheel well. Placed about a foot long piece of 2x4 under the oil pan and jacked the engine up until the intake manifold nearly touched the top of the engine bay.
This gave me enough room to remove everything I needed to. I'm still stuck at the moment with a couple of bolts on the water pump. One is barely behind the tension pulley and the other is behind the pulley on the vane pump. Not sure of my next steps as of now.
This gave me enough room to remove everything I needed to. I'm still stuck at the moment with a couple of bolts on the water pump. One is barely behind the tension pulley and the other is behind the pulley on the vane pump. Not sure of my next steps as of now.
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I can take a picture to show you. It's pissing fluid down the block. Inside of the water pump pulley is caked. There's got to be something wrong with these. My IS350 did the same thing last year and it's a 2006.
I've been studying some diagrams, I think I can just remove the tensioner pulley (not the whole assembly). Will probably have to jack the engine back down a bit on the mounts before as I don't want it to shift. I think I may have to loosen a couple bolts on the vane pump and slide out a bit. Will keep you all updated if you're interested.
I've been studying some diagrams, I think I can just remove the tensioner pulley (not the whole assembly). Will probably have to jack the engine back down a bit on the mounts before as I don't want it to shift. I think I may have to loosen a couple bolts on the vane pump and slide out a bit. Will keep you all updated if you're interested.
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I don't know the mileage you have on this vehicle, but Lexus replaced the water pump on my 2007 in February 2013 under the power train warranty. No charge, mileage 60098.
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No pictures, but I did create a little guide in another post with the manual diagrams and steps.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/rx-...ater-pump.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/rx-...ater-pump.html
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