WP time

Well I've got squeaky birds under my hood, so I guess it's water-pump time. My question is, do I really need to pull the (new) radiator to replace the pump, or can I just do the fan? I've done WP's on an e28 and e38. It's no biggie, just curious, Thanx

You will just have to remove the fan and see if you have enough room. However, I would not necessarily attribute the sound to the WP. I would be more suspicious of the tensioner pulley or the idler pulley.

My suggestion would be to remove the serpentine belt, rotated each component driven by the belt (pulleys, WP, alternator, etc.) and listen for noise and feel for lack of smoothenss. You may find it something much easier and inexpensive.

ill second you on the belt tensioner pulley. had same noise . For about 15 bucks on ebay 20 min change out with allen key at the face of pully.

Thanks guys. A nice inexpensive solution. I've only had this car a few weeks, so I don't know what's broke yet.

i alsao move for the pulley.

I had the squeak and i changed it out from a mechanical tensioner to a hydraulic tensioner.