air pump removal help
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air pump removal help
I've been reading up on this and am gonna ditch my air pump since i have no cat converter anymore and i i'll do anything that may possibly help my gas mileage. My question is this, do local auto part stores carry the belt for Alt, water pump, and crank case WITHOUT air pump, or am i gonna just have to measure it with a string or something and figure something out. Anyone know a part number? Also, when i take the belt (and probably pulley) off this thing, i'm planning on disconnecting the tubes going in to the exhaust. Do i need to plug or change any vacuum lines to avoid a leak or can i just leave it the way it is? Thx
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If this helps anyone, the belt is readily available at Advance Auto, and it's pretty easy to just remove the air pump pulley (3 bolts). Who knows if you gain any power or anything from this, but the cat is gone and i don't put a lot of miles on this thing, so i'd just rather have all of the emission crap gone. Also, the tubes that run back in to the exhaust have been removed and a resonator put in their place, so it's a much simpler system.
