How to Replace the Water Pump in a Chrysler Sebring
The water pump is the heart of the Chrysler Sebring's cooling system, circulating the coolant. Serious damage can be done to the engine ...
The water pump is the heart of the Chrysler Sebring's cooling system, circulating the coolant. Serious damage can be done to the engine of your Chrysler Sebring by not changing out a faulty water pump.
Instructions
2.0L and 2.4L Sebring Engines
- 1
Disconnect the negative battery cable.
2Place a drain pan underneath the radiator. Once the engine cools off, drain the cooling system from the radiator into the pan.
3Remove the right inner splash shield.
4Support the engine and remove the accessory drive belts, the right motor mount and the power steering pump bracket bolts. Move the pump and bracket assembly to the side and do not disconnect the lines to the power steering fluid.
5Take out the bracket to the right engine mount, the front covers to the timing belt and loosen the tensioner screws to the timing belt in order to remove the timing belt.
6Remove the camshaft sprockets and the cover to the rear timing belt.
7Loosen and remove the water pump bolts and remove the water pump from the engine.
8Clean all the mating surfaces and install the new water pump with a new o-ring, making sure that the o-ring is seated correctly in the groove before you tighten the bolts. Bolts are to be tightened to 105 inch pounds. (12 Nm).
9Pressurize the cooling system to 15 psi. Search for leaks. If everything checks out, reinstall or reconnect all components in the order that they were removed.
10Reattach the negative batter cable, refill the cooling system, start the engine and check that the cooling system is operating properly.
2.5L Sebring Engine
- 11
Disconnect the negative battery cable.
12Place a drain pan underneath the radiator. When the engine is cool, drain the cooling system from the radiator into the pan.
13Remove the accessory drive belts and the crankshaft damper.
14Support the engine and remove the right engine mount, the upper left timing belt cover, the upper right timing belt cover and the lower timing belt cover. Then remove the timing belt and tensioner.
15Remove the water pump from the water inlet pipe.
16Clean all the mating surfaces and install the new water pump with a new gasket and a new o-ring, making sure that the o-ring is seated correctly in the groove before you tighten the bolts. Bolts are to be tightened to 20 foot pounds. (27 Nm).
17Reattach the negative batter cable.
18Refill the cooling system, start the engine and check that the cooling system is operating properly.
2.7L Sebring Engine
- 19
Disconnect the negative battery cable.
20Place a drain pan underneath the radiator. When the engine is cool, drain the cooling system from the radiator into the pan.
21Remove the timing chain cover along with the timing chain and its guides.
22Loosen and remove the water pump bolts and take the pump out of the engine. Throw away the gasket.
23Clean all the mating surfaces and install the new pump with a new gasket, tightening the bolts to 105 inch pounds (12 Nm).
24Reinstall all components in the order in which they were removed.
25Reattach the negative batter cable.
26Refill the cooling system, start the engine and check that the cooling system is operating properly.