ali_corsa
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you will need an e socket not sure on size though, you will be really lucky and it will just come off or you will be struggling to get it off
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Mobby
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?? got the e-sockets, im sure the engine mount has to come off to get it off
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Joe
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Engine mount off will make life alot easier, not sure if you can even do it with it on.
Basically take all hose's/pipes off and take all the torx bolts out.
Not being funny but do you actually know what you're doing? It might be easier just to let a garage do it.
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Mobby
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Originally posted by Joe
Engine mount off will make life alot easier, not sure if you can even do it with it on.
Basically take all hose's/pipes off and take all the torx bolts out.
Not being funny but do you actually know what you're doing? It might be easier just to let a garage do it.
well i done a sump and had to remove the rad and a few pipes, isit just a case of getting to it, getting it off and putting anouther in its place. and dont i have to support the engine if i take the mount off?
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Joe
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Fair enough. Yeah I'd put an axle stand under it or a piece of wood or something to support it. Whip the engine mount off and its fairly self explanitory.
Yeah basically, unbolt it, clean the side of the block up a bit, fit rubber gasket and bolt the new one on.
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Mobby
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i might give it a go. hopefully you guys can help me if i get stick 
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Mobby
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this should fit right?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-CORSA-C-WATERPUMP_W0QQitemZ180315369611QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item180315369611&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318
im pretty sure the z12xe is exactly the same as the x12xe except the fly by wire, well my sump was off a z12xe
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Mobby
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part numbers are different though 
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Joe
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I would just get the right one for your car, there is a few different types. Pipes etc are attached differently.
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Mobby
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230300270701&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:uk
this one will do then. should be ok even though its a copy
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Mertin
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230300270701&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:uk
this one will do then. should be ok even though its a copy
I wouldnt want to risk it tbh
Id rather buy a genuine part from the likes of auto vaux.
May not fit right, or be a bastard to fit cause its a copy
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Kevxx
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Originally posted by mobby
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230300270701&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:uk
this one will do then. should be ok even though its a copy
saving £10-20 on a waterpump is hardly worth fucking your engine!
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ainsley_brader
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omg never heard so much duff info in one thread.
Yes that top pulley is for the water pump. As you found out it comes off by the three bolts. I assume at this point you realise you don't need to replace the pulley!
Replacing the water pump is easy enough your best bet is to get the new one then you know exactly what you are looking at removing. The holes in the new one will point you in the right direction aqs to which bolts to remove etc.
Pattern water pumps are just fine but I wouldnt get one from ebay. Get one from a local factors that way you have comeback on them if you do have a problem.
I would recommend replacing the belt at the same time, and to do that you have to drop the engine mounting but hey its not difficult.
As for tensioing the belt i'm fairly sure its an automatic tensioner and you do not have to slacken the alternator at all!
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Joe
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As for tensioing the belt i'm fairly sure its an automatic tensioner and you do not have to slacken the alternator at all!
Yeah there is a tensioner at the bottom, you will need a fairly big pair of grips to squeeze the spring though as it is quite tough.
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