Comments on: How To Replace VN Commodore V6 Waterpump

By: juraj

juraj — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:35:07 +0000

Hi, just wondering, you dont mention draining the system, i would do this as a matter of course but i have read somewhere that not much coolant is lost if undrained, all the coolant in the system above the exposed holes will flow out, must be a good few litres, – or am i wrong?

bye

By: joseph

joseph — Tue, 31 May 2011 23:15:19 +0000

thanks craig
your help is much appreciated
thumbs up

By: Craig Wilson

Craig Wilson — Mon, 30 May 2011 10:55:27 +0000

Hi Joseph,
I haven’t actually replaced a VT waterpump (been off the tools since 2005 with a back injury) but I do believe the procedure is much the same. There is a thread on the JustCommodores forum for replacing the VT pump and it reads much the same as our article. You can read the JustCommodores thread here – http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/holden-commodore-how-tos/84733-how-change-ecotec-waterpump.html

Hope that helps!

Regards,
Craig

By: joseph

joseph — Mon, 30 May 2011 01:58:05 +0000

just a small question
i have a 1999 holden commodore VT
does the same procedure apply
thanks

By: Craig Wilson

Craig Wilson — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:03:35 +0000

Thanks again Eric.

Regards,
Craig

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:08:18 +0000

Hi Craig,

No worries at all, One other thing I found that after putting all the pulleys and belt back on, Tightening of the water pump pulley nuts, was that it turned and the belt wouldn’t hold it as tight as when they were undone, Also found this on the power steering pulley as well.

The water pump I just grabbed with my hand to re-tighten all the bolts up, and the power steer pulley just used the 2 ring spanners to do up again.

Regards,
Eric.

By: Craig Wilson

Craig Wilson — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:31:04 +0000

Hi Eric,
Thank You for sharing that information with us. I hope one day to have tutorials covering the popular Commodores, Falcons etc., a slow process but info like what you shared with us helps towards that goal. Thanks!

Regards,
Craig

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:20:19 +0000

Great tutorial, However I would like to point out that on doing my VS commdore today that the power steering pulley gets in the way of removing the far left bottom bolt and you need to remove it so that this bolt can be taken out.

Since I already had the water pump pulley off, I just put a ring spanner on the middle nut and used another ring spanner to undo the 4 small bolts on the power steer pulley, Once I removed that its easy to get that last bolt out.

Also my tensioner nut was 15mm not 18mm.

Hope this helps anyone else out!

Cheers.

By: Craig Wilson

Craig Wilson — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 12:26:19 +0000

Hi Derek,
Good to hear the article came in handy.

Regards,
Craig

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:18:50 +0000

I bookmarked this about 6 months ago, i KNEW it would come in handy eventually…. Today’s the day.

Thanks for the great guide!