Time to punt

[dmhanks21]

So, here's the story. I am about ready to punt my wife's 1998 mitsubishi eclipse gs. It has 150k miles on it.

The car overheated on me on the way home from work a couple of months ago and I decided to tinker w/ it to see if I could fix it .

After replacing the ruptured returne heater hose, replacing the thermostat, checking the two cooling fans' operation, and flushing the radiator I could start it up and it would still overheat.

So, I bought a Haynes manual and decided to attempt a head gasket replacement and water pump replacement as the head gasket was blown and I thought the water pump was the culprit as I never did see coolant flow with the cap unscrewed.

Now, I have everything off the engine and all I have to do is take off the crankshaft pulley and a few bolts that connect the intake manifold to the head and I should be ready to take off the timing belt, pull the camshafts, and unbolt the head.

BUT I can't for the life of me get the crankshaft pulley off. I have used a three jaw puller but to no avail. I haven't put any heat to it yet. I have given up and am ready to just get rid of the car as I am tired of messing w/ it, but I need to know if I screwed up the engine in the process by accidentally rotating the crankshaft pulley in the ccw direction 7-8 times while I got the crankshaft pulley bolt out.

 

[2GEffect6]

i dont think it is ruined at this point obivously it would be extremely out of time but i doubt ruined it should come off with the puller though like u said try the heat but it should deffinately come off with the puller

 

[gorilla5321]

there is a special crank pulley puller for that car its a must to get the dam thing off i got mine from matco tool truck