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Good evening, I have 2020 Chevy Trailboss 1500 5.3 I recently ran into the issue of the water pump pulley breaking and wanted to see if anybody knows if it’s possible to just change out the pulley or would I have to change out the whole water pump?
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Installed a new all aluminum Cold Case radiator in my 06 Sierra 1500 4.8L and I’m having trouble getting up to operating temperature in the normal time frame. I would think this will especially be an issue in the winter, but I’m in Texas so winters are no exactly terrible. Is this something I should be concerned about in the long run not reaching op temp on the majority of my drives? Getting my temp to the 200 degree standard operating temp will take me about 40min of non stop highway driving while the fans are running with the AC on. My temp will climb to the 185-187 thermostat opening fairly quickly 10-15min but as it opens and the fans run, it is just too much cooling for it to ever reach op temp in a decent time. Also if I keep my fans off, and it does reach 200 degrees, in 15-25min, once I turn the fans back on, the temp will drop to 185-187 within 5-10min. I know this radiator was a bit overkill for my stock application, but I wanted an aluminum rad to not worry about leaking issues in the future from plastic rads.
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Hello Anyone. i have a LBZ Duramax, and i have just put in a new water pump and rebuild the oil cooler and the pipe that connects them i put in after and i pitched a gasket and it eakd then i took it out again and put two non OEM gaskets on there and it seemed to stop leaking when i added coolant but when i fired it all up it pissed out again so my question.. what is the propper way to put the pipe in, i could no imagin putting it in the cooler then putting it back on the truck, do you put it on the water pump first maybe then put it in??? or can you some how use gasket maker instead??? i need help -
So it is one thing after the next with my truck and I thought there was no better place to come for advice. The last few years I have noticed problems with getting heat from the heater core. It is usually fixed as soon as the truck starts moving or I give it a little time so never investigated until now. I checked my coolant reservoir tank and it appears to be empty and I am not sure where to go from here. I know that the water pumps are notorious for going bad on these trucks so I am figuring that is probably it. Also I have been feeling the lines and one is usually not as hot or even cold compared to the other one where it runs into the heater core. 1.) Should I go ahead and put some new fluid and water in, then pressurize the system to check for leaks? 2.) Should I go ahead and just replace the water pump and thermostat? It looks like most guys are replacing the ACDelco version with another brand like Car Quest or DuraLast because of how bad the factory ones are known to be? What do you guys think? I have been told to go ahead and replace the rubber hoses and inlet lines as well. Have any of you guys replaced it and not replaced the hoses? People usually say the hoses are not far behind the water pump if that is the problem. I would hate to replace everything and have one of the hoses begin to leak in a year from now or something. As always any advice is greatly appreciated gentlemen!
