Water Pump Replacement ..........
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From: SANTA CRUZ CA
I find it interesting that replacing the opti was not an option. After removing the water pump, it is only a few screws to remove the opti, and it may be water-damaged, also. Hope you don't have to repeat the process.
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From: Summerland B.C. Canada
Correct me if I am wrong (L98 guy), but isn't the thermostat mounted into water pump housing ?
That being said, if you have to replace pump, you have to transfer over the thermostat housing and thermostat to the new pump ???? $200 ????
Wouldn't surprise me if it was a split hose or loose clamp
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From: Smyrna, GA
My spider senses say that this shop is one to avoid.
Correct me if I am wrong (L98 guy), but isn't the thermostat mounted into water pump housing ?
That being said, if you have to replace pump, you have to transfer over the thermostat housing and thermostat to the new pump ???? $200 ????
Wouldn't surprise me if it was a split hose or loose clamp
Correct me if I am wrong (L98 guy), but isn't the thermostat mounted into water pump housing ?
That being said, if you have to replace pump, you have to transfer over the thermostat housing and thermostat to the new pump ???? $200 ????
Wouldn't surprise me if it was a split hose or loose clamp
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Water pump .......
Yep, I hear you both. Was a little shocked at the price as well. Autozone sells the thermostat for 13 bucks. I do not know the location of where it is. I replaced my Buick thermostat for 13 bucks. Learning the hard way that if you have a vette then service pricing is higher. I hope the otispark is ok like I said I never drove it when the pump went there was no coolant on it whatsoever. A quick question I have had a few places / people tell me that I need to drive the car more then 1k a year. Anybody that has an answer on this would be appeciated.
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My spider senses say that this shop is one to avoid.
Correct me if I am wrong (L98 guy), but isn't the thermostat mounted into water pump housing ?
That being said, if you have to replace pump, you have to transfer over the thermostat housing and thermostat to the new pump ???? $200 ????
Wouldn't surprise me if it was a split hose or loose clamp
Correct me if I am wrong (L98 guy), but isn't the thermostat mounted into water pump housing ?
That being said, if you have to replace pump, you have to transfer over the thermostat housing and thermostat to the new pump ???? $200 ????
Wouldn't surprise me if it was a split hose or loose clamp
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From: H-Town Texas
I had the car towed to the shop today. They already called and said the pump was bad. They also recommend replacing the thermostat, which was a whooping 200 bucks for parts and labor. I told them to skip this. They were going to replace it cause the engine could have overheated. I never drove it anywhere except to move it to the road for the guy towing it.
They also said to replace the radiator hoses as well and said the heater hoses looked ok I told them to replace them. Total cost for all of this was 800.00 does this sound too much. They only use gm parts and are all new.
They also said to replace the radiator hoses as well and said the heater hoses looked ok I told them to replace them. Total cost for all of this was 800.00 does this sound too much. They only use gm parts and are all new.
Wow, I owe alot to by older brother for teaching me how to turn a wrench when I was a kid.
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Water pump ......
I have a Haines manual and the diagram show the thermostat right on top of the water pump so 200 for this is a joke! I am glad I declined the service shop on replacing that. The labor for the water pump was 310 then as stated above coolant hoses ac delco water pump and all seem about right. I think they were trying to tack on more money for nothing but a big profit. They seem to do the repairs in one day so cannot fault this. I will contiue to go there but keep an eye on these items they say needs to be replaced.