RE: Milano water pump replacement short cuts ?

["Jeff Greenfield" <alfaguy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

James -

You do not have to remove the pulley for the aux. shaft (drives the oil pump
& dist.) unless you need to replace the seal behind it. You do however have
to remove the timing belt.

As long as you set the engine at #1 TDC before removing the timing belt
things should stay where they are unless you disturb them. To be absolutely
sure make some corresponding marks on the belt and the cam pulleys and aux
pulley. White out works well. When reinstalling just make sure the crank
pulley is on the TDC mark, line up the other marks and you're good to go.

OEM Volvo timing belts come with marks on the belts that line up with the
marks on the pulleys, makes it really goof proof.

HTH,

Jeff


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On Behalf Of
James Ma
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 7:06 PM
To: alfa-digest@domain.elided
Subject: Milano water pump replacement short cuts ?

I am in the process of replacing my Milano water pump. The manual
calls for the removal of the distributor pulley as well as timing belt
tensioner.

Does the distributor pulley have to be removed ?   I don't have the
special tool.

There is a bolt behind the timing belt tensioner so it will have to be
removed. But can the timing belt be left in place ?  Clamped to the other
pulleys so timing is not disturbed. Save some work.

James
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