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Anonymous Posted on Dec 02, 2012

After replacing water pump on 95 nissan maxima water goes straight ta oil pan from radiator, why?

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Ok there are two o rings in the water pump one keeps the oil from the timing chain side to come in the water and also keep the water/coolant separate from the oil side the second one keeps from coming out of the engine. i am sure the first o ring i talked about is pinched or damages or is not installed when the water pump was installed.

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  • Anonymous Dec 02, 2012

    thanks, we are going to take tha water pump back off to see if we damanged the o rings or something, i hope thats wat it is, otherwise i have no idea.thanks for tha video,thats actually the ones we used in replacing it to begin with :)

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    ali abbas Dec 02, 2012

    use some grease on the oring next time when put the water pump in and you are welcome i hope it helps you any questions you can ask me i am a certified tech.

  • Anonymous Dec 02, 2012

    yeah lookin back i think thats where we messed up, didntput grease or any type of lube on the o rings. so in tha mornin we shall try again and thanks if i have any more questions i will be sure ta ask.

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    ali abbas Dec 02, 2012

    you got it buddy

  • Anonymous Dec 02, 2012

    yeah apparently it wasnt the o rings. we replaced them, and lubed them this time and put it back together an once again water went from radiator to oil pan. guessin my head is cracked and i am screwed

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    ali abbas Dec 03, 2012

    yea man that engine is not easy to do a head gas ket. so it started happening after you did the water pump ? did the car overheated alot b4 you changed it .

  • Anonymous Dec 03, 2012

    yeah it runs hot. there is a small leak in radiator but i kept a check on tha water. well it ran hot big time thursday and broke down friday. i went ta see about it, put water in it an it was leakin round under tha water pump sooo changed that first ta see if maybe it was just tha water pump. with no such luck.

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    ali abbas Dec 04, 2012

    sorry buddy i wish i could help

  • Anonymous Dec 04, 2012

    awe thanks, but we will be fine. borrowing families cars till we figure sumn iout. jus hate it cause i liked my lil car :(

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SOURCE: How to replace water pump

not to easy,,,first take off the serpintine belt then the pulley (four 10 mil bolts)then the pump behind that about 5 or 6 10 mil bolts,,,pop off the pump clean surface of where pump sits in then replace pump,,dont forget gasket sealer all around pump,,,can be tricky

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  • Posted on May 23, 2009

SOURCE: on my 2000 nissan maxima i just got the water pump

no, but they have to push in the timing chain tensioner in order to clear the water **** gear. It could be that there is air traped in the tensioner which should bleed out by it-self after running awhile.Or the chain was noisy before but you could not hear it because the water pump was possibly making more noise than the timing chain.

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