Just as your heart works as a highly efficient machine to pump blood throughout your body, facilitating movement and so many other intricacies of life, so too does your car’s water pump functions to help make the life of your engine possible. Your Volvo 740 water pump is a small pump that circulates coolant through the engine’s cooling system, delivering the much needed coolant that flows in order to protect the engine against overheating. Most often this coolant is water or a mixture of antifreeze and water, depending on the types of temperatures your vehicle might potentially be called on to endure through.

It is driven by the fan belt, the alternator belt, or the overhead cam timing belt, and belts are always susceptible to breaking. If you think about how many clothes-related belts you might have broken over the years, you already know how easily belts can break, and these automotive belts are not much different.

Wear and tear affects them greatly because of the amount of work you subject your car to, so these belts must remain in tact in order for your Volvo 740 water pump to continue to function at levels at, or above, your expectations. You can visually check the water pump for signs of leakage, in particular checking to see if a puddle of water or antifreeze has begun to form underneath your car. A leaking water pump is virtually a dead pump, or at least on its way to becoming one, so replace it with a new Volvo 740 water pump if the situation calls for it.We have the pump you need to keep your engine cool.