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89 ford tempo 2.3 eng overheats, just found belt hangin on, how do you change the belt, without taking the engine out? has three belts, no ac. water pump belt next to eng. Is there an easier softer way?
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From my experiance, your ok, disconnecting the battery on that year car was common practise to clear computor codes, sound to me like the tork converter lock out selonoid has gone bad, I don't remember how to test them, but if I can remember the symptoms, stalling at stopes, ruff idle in gear, slow pick up from a stop. yep that's it.,
sounds like you need to replace the power steering pump,of not overheating or loosing coolant,would check water pump,if no power steering sonds like the pump is bad,mechanic depepnding on their ability could change for you,up to you if you want to pay a shop to replace pump.
go to a local parts store order a belt for a tempo without air conditioning or bring your old belt and they can cross the numbers over to get you the right lenth belt
As crazy as it sounds, I don't see why not. Based on my limited knowledge of a 2002 L200, the power steering is run off the back of the camshaft and the water pump is driven by the timing belt. The only things the serpentine belt runs are the A/C and alternator. Obviously you won't make it very far running without an alternator, but at worst you kill your battery. Serpentine belt on a 2.2l 4 cylinder 2002 L200 has nothing to do with the water pump or power steering pump.
inside the pulley attached to the crank shaft which turns the belts is a piece that allows the pulley to turn in reverse freely. if this breaks the pulley will not rotate. the engine will still run, but without rotating the water pump, will overheat. Change the pulley and you should solve the problem
I believe you have 2 beltson this engine. One for the alternator, a short skinny one. Loosening the alternator bolts and pulling the alternator towards the front of the car, and then tightening the adjusting bolt.
The other belt runs the power steering, a/c compressor and water pump. I think it has an idler pulley with a jack screw adjusting screw. loosen the screw to releive belt tension. good luck
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