While most automotive water pumps are driven by the engine through a belt, in some cars — especially hybrids — the water pump is driven by an electric motor. In the case of a belt-driven water ...

This system uses a single ribbed belt to drive the water pump, alternator, power steering, and A/C pumps retained by a single spring-loaded tensioner. In older V-belt systems, belt tension was ...

Strange, Grinding Noise Coming From The Engine – Since the water pump is belt-driven, a bearing is connected to the rotor inside. When that bearing starts to fail, it will produce grinding noises, ...

but the water pump for the old model may fit physically on the new one. Can you guess the possible mistake? Think about direction: The serpentine belt might drive the impeller in the opposite ...

Remove the timing belt, timing belt tensioner, and pulleys. 4. Unbolt the water pump from the engine ... You’ve got questions. The Drive has answers. A. Not usually. Sometimes they will be ...

cam-driven (as opposed to belt-driven) water pump. Lacking the requisite wrenching skills, we entrusted the installation and testing to Sarasota, Florida-based Vette tuner RevXtreme. The ...

An exception is that, on some vehicles, the water pump is hidden from view behind the timing cover, driven by the timing belt. Because replacing a timing belt requires removing a lot of other ...