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Water pump?  

for me 27 bucks new, 2 1gallon containers of autozone antifreeze ( 50/50 mixture) oh and while I was at it, new hoses all around, another 25.  So maybe 60 bucks and 3 or so hours in all.

 

How much would that be at a shop? 300?  

Very curious as to how much money I saved myself.  :cool: I must say, chevy trucks have got to be #### near the easiest vehicle to work on ever.  Well, 80's buicks are pretty easy to get to things too.  I dread the day I have to touch the 98 venture though....it just looks like it would love to eat my knuckles.

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I had the water pump replaced on my '99 F-250 diesel a few months ago.  $660 and two days (well most of that time was spent trying to find the leak).   :cool:   Luckily I had about 5k miles left on the 100k warranty so I didn't have to pay for it.   :crazy:
AllGMV8 Enthusiast

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I just had it done at Midas last Saturday on my '98 'Burb.  

 

The total was $360. $30 worth of flush-n-fill, a new $130 water pump, $30 in supplies and $170 labor.  

 

If I had the time (a.k.a. kids and wife went away for the day) and it wasn't so freakin' cold out I might have tried it myself in my garage.  Alas, I've turned into that "Usta could" kind of guy until the kids grow up and move out.

 

Adam

SnakeEyeSS Senior Enthusiast

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when I flushed my last, it had a bit of Dex mixed in(I didn't knwo when I did it, luckly it was just a little Dex)

 

and I spent probably 20 mins with the truck idling and flushing before it was good enough to stop.

 

I guess a little Dex goes a long way :rolleyes:

k1500chevy97 Senior Enthusiast

k1500chevy97

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The warranty paid 577.09 back on 2-1-01 for a new water pump , valve cover gaskets, intake gasket set , plenium gasket, labor and coolant flush .

I paid 50.00 for the deductible so 627.09 all together .

Labor on the water pump was 88.20 and labor on the intake,valve cover gaskets were 214.20

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I just had it done at Midas last Saturday on my '98 'Burb.  

 

The total was $360. $30 worth of flush-n-fill, a new $130 water pump, $30 in supplies and $170 labor.  

 

If I had the time (a.k.a. kids and wife went away for the day) and it wasn't so freakin' cold out I might have tried it myself in my garage.  Alas, I've turned into that "Usta could" kind of guy until the kids grow up and move out.

 

Adam

Intersting was the <5.7L> Vin 'R' engine originally running Dexcool? We have only seen WP failures on engines originally equpped with Dexcool if green coolant was added.

 

Have a great one!

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AllGMV8

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Intersting was the <5.7L> Vin 'R' engine originally running Dexcool? We have only seen WP failures on engines originally equpped with Dexcool if green coolant was added.

 

It definitely has the 5.7 motor.  I just bought the truck in September and it had Dex at the time.  I'm hoping no green was in there before but I can't be sure.  At least they said the intake manifold wasn't leaking.  It looks like a whole lot of stuff to take off to get at that!

 

Adam

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