Well i was noticing while i was puttin my injectors in that i had a leak of somethin

i thought it was the coolent, but to my surprize its a small leak in the water pump right smack in the middle



so i guess now ahev to teake it all apart???

what should i do!???

go get a new water pump, and while you are in there change the thermostat



mike

Yah, what he said.

I have never changed it before

what is it?

just taking out the fan, moving the belts and.....?



anything i should cautious about???

just to make sure you clean the gasket surface real good

and install the new gasket properly as well.

that wouldve been bad cuz i didnt even know that another gasket was needed



wow i feel dumb

do you have metric tools?

i have a big hammer https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png



mike

Those are more usefull than most people know. :smirk:

I think i have enough to do the job

which ones do i need?

you need 10mm for the fan, 10mm for the pulleys, 10,12, 14, 17, 19? to get the belts off, then 12mm to pull the pump off. the only tricky part is that there is a gasket between the water pump housing and the engine, and you need to be careful to not seperate it without noticing.



mike

a mechanic will probably charge you about $65 to do the job, maybe

bring it to one.

or you could do that https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png



mike

now all you need is a chisel...and you can start porting motors

hate to see the poor guy start on the thing and then not even be able to drive it to get a pros help. Hopefully he has a good mechanical sense.

:bigthumg:

From what ive heard i guess what im going to do is just let my mech do it cuz i dont want to mest up and like rob said not finishing and then not being able to take it to a mech

but where so i get this pump from??.....not mazda

any auto parts store, check with a auto parts store to see how much the pump is, then call your mechanic and see how much he would charge to do the pump and supply it.

well i got the quote and the water pump is 85 $$$

is it worth it to get a new or just go ahead and get a used one for a lot less?????



the mech will be pretty cheap

get a new one, no way would I bother putting a used water pump on.

yeah ill prolly do that

but the thermostat is that neccesary???

should i really replace it???

the thermostat is a cheap part, and only get the OEM one, don't bother with something from autozone etc... it will just make your life miserable.



It's worth changing because it's a cheap part that can really suck to have fail, and you will have the system open anyways with the pump off, might as well.

where do i get the oem thermostat from???

from mazda of course https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png



visit the mazda dealer parts department.

or you can have mazdatrix ship it to your mechanic if a mazda dealer is not nearby



(look at the top of the page)

yeah that works too, but paying shipping on a part you can probably find local is kindof silly...