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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 01:33 PM
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My water pump appears to be leaking. I checked some auto parts store prices, and the stores had water pumps for the car that cost less than $50.00. Some of the pumps were new. And these are parts stores that generally sell AcDelco parts.

However, when I checked Mid America water pump prices, the prices for the pump was $99.99.

Can anybody give me some idea of why there is such a price difference? Are the pumps likely to be different, and the $50.00 pump likely to not perform as well as the Mid America pump?
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 04:33 PM
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Can't tell about the price difference, but, I bought mine from Summit Racing for $40.00.
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by bucket
My water pump appears to be leaking. I checked some auto parts store prices, and the stores had water pumps for the car that cost less than $50.00. Some of the pumps were new. And these are parts stores that generally sell AcDelco parts.

However, when I checked Mid America water pump prices, the prices for the pump was $99.99.

Can anybody give me some idea of why there is such a price difference? Are the pumps likely to be different, and the $50.00 pump likely to not perform as well as the Mid America pump?
Have you ever examined one of the Mid America books? They sent one to you every month and that has to be a tremendous cost in postage let alone the book or catalogue. I would recomment the local parts store. Long distance sales of parts are not a very good idea. Too many unknowns that could screw the experience up...
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 09:55 PM
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Want a good pump? Flow Kooler...
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