The 1998 Oldsmobile Aurora has a built-in serpentine belt to manage the car's water pump. The Because of the serpentine belt, replacing the water pump involves more work than a normal replacement job. If you notice many cracks on your belt, change it quickly to avoid a disaster. Replace the water pump on your 1998 Oldsmobile Aurora with some basic tools, using care when you work near the oil pan.
Open your vehicle's hood and find the engine mounts, which is near the passenger seat of your engine bay. With your ratchet and socket, take out both bolts that hold the mount in place.
Insert a floor jack beneath your oil pan, beneath your engine. Put a tiny piece of wood on the front portion of your jack to keep the oil pan safe when you handle the engine.
Raise the engine with your jack until the upper portion of your mount lies 1 inch or more above the lower portion of the mount.
Find the diagram of your belt-routing mechanism that sits on your plastic fan shroud, and use this document to help you complete this process.
Take off the belt from its accessory pulleys. To do this, turn your tensioner clockwise with a socket. You can turn the tensioner with the bolt that sits in the middle of its pulley; then ease the belt from beneath your tensioner pulley.
Remove the belts from every pulley. Ease out your belt from between the upper and lower parts of your engine mount.
Insert your new belt in the middle of both sections of your engine mount. Wrap your new belt around your pulleys, as the routing diagram indicates. Turn the tensioner clockwise and ease the belt along the bottom of your tensioner pulley.
Verify that you put the belt in the proper position by looking at your routing diagram.
