Coolant leak

[Felipe]

So after tracing the coolant leakage to the water pump I decided it was time to replace it. After getting everything apart I found that it was the water pump seal behind the pump that was leaking. It was the factory pump with 148,000 on it so I say it did it's job. Chevy wanted almost 400 dollars just for the pump and t-stat so i picked one up at napa for 165. I really wasn't expecting it to be as big as it was . It's an easy job to do only took a couple hours, spent more time cleaning the engine bay. No more leak!

 

[MO Viet Vet]

If you have the right tools and know how it is not that big of deal. Glad it worked out.

 

[stefanosg]

Had the same issue too. I watched the repair on Youtube and saw how easy it was. It took me about two hours. Half of that time was spent getting a big enough wrench to remove the fan and waiting at Autozone to get the new pump. Our mechanic was quoting me about $600.00. I think I spent just under two doing it myself.

 

[MO Viet Vet]

Glad it worked out for both of you.

 

[Felipe]

Heck yeah, it feels good knowing the problem is solved and we saved some hard earned money:happy160:

 

[stefanosg]

+1 that Felipe