Water Pump Pulley Removal

[Nick.B.GSR]

My E6 developed a bit of a squeak on the aux belt setup the other day, thought it was a bearing going dry so sprayer it up with a bit of spray grease just to limp it home and investigate. Got progressively worse on way home and then BANG and heard i bit of metal hit the floor. Got the car home, have removed to aux belt today to find a big chunk of the water pump pulley missing ( guessing that was the noise). Am going to order a new one, but how do you remove the old one??? i can see the 4 bolt holding it on but cant get at them. I've noticed and access hole in the wheel well but i doesn't line up, and I've also tried lowering the engine a bit by undoing the top drivers side mount but still cant seem to get them to line up. Any suggestions? all help much appreciated. Cheers nick

 

[And@fcm]

Normally you just access it from above with a 10mm spanner and just do small turns. Usually it's a lot easier with the belt on as it stops the pulley from rotating. Guess your gonna have to struggle with it now

Andy

 

[Nick.B.GSR]

oh ok cheers mate, well i can wack the belt back on only takes 10 mins. cheers for the advice