Water pump replacement bolts

helibrian · Post by **helibrian** » Mon Mar 27, 2017 12:43 am

I just noticed there is bolt locations for the water pump after I've done the job. Is there any problems that anyone knows of that can happen if you don't get all the bolts right?

Post by **thelazygreenfox** » Mon Mar 27, 2017 10:55 am

can you be more specific?

takeuchi · Post by **takeuchi** » Mon Mar 27, 2017 11:13 am

thelazygreenfox wrote:can you be more specific?

I think hes talking about the water pump having three different lengths of bolts (and two different hardness levels / torque specifications) and what would happen if you use the wrong bolt in the wrong location. I cannot answer the question though as I am no expert.

Post by **Growlerbearnz** » Mon Mar 27, 2017 12:32 pm

I'd move the bolts to the correct holes, and tighten them to the correct torques- having to re-do a job is a pain, but losing coolant and overheating is worse.

I'm not saying that will definitely happen, but Mitsubishi specified different length bolts and different torques for a reason.

helibrian · Post by **helibrian** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 1:49 am

I will change The bolts around this weekend. Maybe there all in the right location. I doubt it though.

Post by **thelazygreenfox** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 9:50 am

Bottom out a straw (or?) into the bolt holes for the correct length bolt in each hole. The correct torque is in the torque table, "Technical Referance Libraries

" for your vehicle.
MD