Matt_C
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posted on 16/11/12 at 09:56 AM |
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Zetec water pump help!
Hi guys,
I am currently confusing myself with my 1.8 silvertop zetec rebuild and which way the water pump should run. I don't want to cook an engine
because I have made a silly mistake at this stage.
I replaced the water pump, as the bearing had gone, with the identical 1993 Ford Mondeo one. I am not sure if this should be running clockwise or
anti-clockwise to work correctly, my set up can be seen in the picture below, with the pump running clockwise. From some of the forum posts I have
seen people replace the Mondeo pump with the Orion or Escort water pump as this runs in the opposite direction. Can anyone tell me which pump I should
be using?
I still need a 5/6 grooved pulley for the water pump which I understand can be borrowed off a Fiesta/Escort. Are these the correct cars to be
borrowing the pulley from? Or does anyone have a spare kicking around? Mine originally came with a smooth pulley as the back face of the belt was in
contact with the pulley when running.
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Cheers,
Matt
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loggyboy
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posted on 16/11/12 at 10:02 AM |
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http://www.zetecinside.com/xr2/zetectune1.shtml
Mistral Motorsport
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big_wasa
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posted on 16/11/12 at 10:14 AM |
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Yep you want the escort pump not the mondeo one and the escort pulley as well.
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Matt_C
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posted on 16/11/12 at 10:26 AM |
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Cheers guys,
That makes things clearer, sadly it means buying another new water pump, much better than replacing an engine though!
Matt
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coozer
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posted on 16/11/12 at 10:49 AM |
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Just run an idler to get it going the right way? Cheaper than a new pump??
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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avagolen
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posted on 16/11/12 at 06:39 PM |
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Having fitted the 'wrong' pump and added an idler, I would definatly go for the
escort pump and pulley etc.
I have purchased the correct parts and will fit them on the next major service
Len.
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