I see no alternative.Has anyone else done this?

 

The water pump I installed on my turbo engine is the standard EA82 pump.

 

Turbos use a different pump which holds the fan pulley out another half inch or so towards the radiator.All my other pulleys line up but this new pump would have the last pulley out of line by about a half inch towards the rear of the car.

 

I went and bought longer studs and some washers to space it.Going to attack it later and see how it looks.Meanwhile if you've done this can you please give me a little peace of mind and let me know how it worked out.I'm concerned about the fan tilting should it loosen up or not be torqued equally.I'd hate to ruin the really nice radiator I have.

 

 

 

BTW,I did search and could not find a similar thread.Thanks

I've used washers to shim the pulley on two cars so far with no problems.

The aftermarket pumps come with a washer for that exact purpose, to use or not depending on application. So it seems it's an OK thing to do. Has worked fine for me....

 

GD

thanks guys,it's a dealer pump,so no extra washer.

 

Will proceed without fear or hesitation!

thanks guys,it's a dealer pump,so no extra washer.

 

Will proceed without fear or hesitation!

yup. i did it too. works fine.

Just went out in the slight drizzle of a rain and got that done.

 

Looks healthy to me.

 

I used the regular EA82 fan which to me seems better.....any thoughts on that?

 

The radiator JUST makes it with the pulley shimmed out like it is and using the N/A fan.Once its set in place there's plenty enough room.Noticably closer,but not enough to make me wet my pants.

 

Thanks again guys.Something new for an old R & R dog.

The radiator JUST makes it with the pulley shimmed out like it is and using the N/A fan.Once its set in place there's plenty enough room.Noticably closer,but not enough to make me wet my pants.

heh, i have 87 gl-10, NA spfi.. so i have the setup you now have, automatically.. if i understood you. but ive taken the radiator in and out a number of times.. it was the first thing i did to the car (step one of timing belt job to make it start) and my first thought was amazement at how little clearance it actually had going in and coming out, compared to how much space there was once it was assembled.

N/A fan has longer stem.That's why it's even that much tighter going in.

 

Anyhow,I'm beyond this point now,so thanks everybody.