Water Pump
Racer
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 484
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From: Long Island, NY
My 06 Coupe needed a new water pump at 25,000 miles. Replaced under warranty. I was getting a few drops of coolant on the garage floor.
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Joined: Mar 2009
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I fully agree with Laconia Jack I have been around heavy equipment all my life. If cat or volvo etc puts on a water pump it one of the best they can find or build. the auto industry is used to haveing them changed as a matter of course Oh just a money maker for the dealer !!!
Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 3,488
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From: Long Island NY
Has anyone changed the pump themselves on a C6? Is it a big job?
With older GM cars, changing the water pump was easy... thank goodness, as it was pretty much a part of regular maintenance... I think I must have changed over 8 water pumps on my 1970's-`80's GM cars. I don't think ever had a GM car with a water pump that lasted more than 80k miles or so.
Even my `96 Monte Carlo needed a water pump at around 90k miles... that one was really easy to change.
At least when these pumps fail, almost always there is no sudden catastrophic failure, it won't leave you stranded. In every case I have experienced, the pump will just leak at the seal and you can keep on going for quite a while before things get bad.... not that this is recommended... I have heard stories of pumps that have failed (on older cars) to the point where the shaft / fan came off... I've never seen this happen first hand though.
I'd love to think that the C6 water pump is not too hard to change, but... with this car, it seems that just about everything is hard to change.
With older GM cars, changing the water pump was easy... thank goodness, as it was pretty much a part of regular maintenance... I think I must have changed over 8 water pumps on my 1970's-`80's GM cars. I don't think ever had a GM car with a water pump that lasted more than 80k miles or so.
Even my `96 Monte Carlo needed a water pump at around 90k miles... that one was really easy to change.
At least when these pumps fail, almost always there is no sudden catastrophic failure, it won't leave you stranded. In every case I have experienced, the pump will just leak at the seal and you can keep on going for quite a while before things get bad.... not that this is recommended... I have heard stories of pumps that have failed (on older cars) to the point where the shaft / fan came off... I've never seen this happen first hand though.
I'd love to think that the C6 water pump is not too hard to change, but... with this car, it seems that just about everything is hard to change.
