OEM 2000 Toyota Solara Water Pump

2000 Toyota Solara Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Q: How to service and repair the water pump on 2000 Toyota Solara?

  A: Service technical work on the water pump begins with draining engine coolant followed by taking off the suspension upper brace and timing belt and camshaft timing pulleys and No.2 idler pulley and No.3 timing belt cover. The water pump removal process begins by unscrewing its four bolts and two nuts while also extracting the components with their gasket. Visual inspection of the water pump should reveal coolant leakage from its drain hole. In case of leakage you must replace the water pump. The pump replacement becomes necessary if the pulley turn reveals that the bearing function shows signs of noise or immobility. Check all parts that make up the timing belt components during inspection. To install the water pump as a new gasket and pump need to be placed in position while using the 4 bolts and 2 nuts tightened to 6 Nm (60 kgf-cm, 53 inch lb.) while avoiding oil contact with the gasket. You should now proceed to install the ceiling signal and timing chain and its pulleys along with the idler pulley and timing belt cover. The suspension upper brace should finish up your sequence by getting the four nuts torqued to 80 Nm (820 kgf-cm, 59 ft. lbs.). Proceed by pouring engine coolant inside the system before starting the engine to detect any leaks and inspecting the engine coolant quantity one more time.