A Funny Smell From The Engine Bay -Alfa Romeo 159 2.2 JTS

Well… I was wondering what could go wrong next when I was talking to my buddies about how Alfa guys don’t complain but just get it fix.
Then I smelled this funny smell after I parked the car and I instantly knew what it was.
My coolant was leaking somewhere.

After a few weeks of waiting for the parts, I bought the water pump and radiator.
Went to the shop and realised that the water pump is buried much deeper behind the engine then I thought.

Usually I try to do jobs that I could finish in a day or about 6 hours of continuous work.
But this time, the water seems to be more than I bargained for. In order to release it, the exhaust manifold and downpipe has to be removed. Next the timing cover to access the water pump, which means all belts and anything there would have to be removed too.
So is more than eight hours. If I were to do it myself, I would have to leave the car overnight and continue the next day.
That I didn’t want to do cos it would take up valuable space for my friend to run his business.

So next better course of action….to be continued….
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