[huck369]

Originally Posted by Austin

It just occurred to me this morning on my drive in, that maybe my odd little hiccup situation is being caused by a bad water pump bearing...

...hear me out...

...I'm thinking that since the water pump looks like it's going bad (although I haven't really traced the coolant leak yet), maybe if it has a bad bearing it hesitates momentarily as it spins. If that's the case, since it's driven by the T-belt, maybe it's really the culprit to my occasional timing hiccup.

So far I think I'm looking at ~$300 to get the car about where I need it to be:

$140 - water pump (could be had for less w/ reman and 1 yr warranty but...)
$ 80 - timing belt
$ 80 - resonator-ectomy
$300

The resonator can wait (begrudgingly) but the other two issues are urgent, so now I just need to find a good diagram of the EG33 front end. I'll search the site for that.

I'd recommend one of the timing belt kits off Ebay with all the pulleys if the budget can stand it...I had the water pump lock up on my first SVX, destroyed 2 of the t-belt pulleys when it went...and do the cam and crank seal while you're in there (only a few dollars) and I have had good luck out of the rebuilt water pumps, and would have no problem using them.

Call me if you have any questions(or email)