King Nothing

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took off my water pump and found the gaskets are the metal one's and the rubber inside is falling off, so before i even say the mileage on the pump i have brand new gaskets in my room i'm thinking of throwin on the new gaskets and puttin the pump back on or should i just get a new pump? the pump still works and does it's job, only thing wrong is the gaskets.

assuming i actually get responses on this thread, at that point i'll tell what the mileage on the pump is but i'd like to here some people's thoughts on this first

bww3588

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if the pump is not leaking from any seals or internally, just change the gaskets, tq it to 18 ftlbs and call it good.

conan

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I would give it a go with new GM gaskets. Is there any play in the water pump pully? Any coolant leaking from the water pump shaft?

King Nothing

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nope just from the back where the gaskets are and when i got them off i looked at them and on both half the orange rubber wasn't even on the metal anymore lol and their is no play whatsoever in the pulley

conan

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Put some new gaskets in and call it a day. Use GM's, Not a paper style.

King Nothing

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yep those are the ones in my room

now time for the mileage lol almost 90K on the pump lol

Zaxz28

I don't know... You have already takin the time to take it off, I have not done it so I don't know how much of a pain it is to do, but I tell yah I have 45000 on mine and I would change it with a NEW one not a reman...just my
.02

King Nothing

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it's not too much of a pain really just takes time and makes a mess lol i'd be replacing it with a new one not a remanufactured one. but like i said i can't see anythign wrong with the pump

1badWS6

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Then just throw the new gaskets on there and call it a day...

bww3588

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i dont see the problem. 90k on a water pump is nothing major. there are plenty of LS1's out there with 100k more miles than yours and the water pumps are still in good shape.

my buddy has a 03 avalanche with a 5.3 in it and it has almost 300k miles on it and the waterpump is not leaking or anything. i assure you, your water pump is fine.

King Nothing

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hmmm i'm still undecisive on if i'll use the old pump

bww3588

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seriously, 90k on any external engine component is nothing. everything on cars now a days is made to last 100k +

King Nothing

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well i've got a new problem, one of the bolts for the water pump broke off as i was torqueing it down on the first pass the thread is about 3/4 of the way in and is sticking out of the block any reccommendations?

conan

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If it's sticking out of the block try to get some vice grips on it.

bww3588

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and get new bolts...

King Nothing

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lol yeah i'm picking those up on friday

King Nothing

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tried the vice grips and nothing

NemeSS

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dam how much did u tq them to?
i usually tighten hand tight and then around 90* or around 16lb/ft
no problems with pump, my truck has 300k miles. so there is no prob with your 90k pump, unless some debris got in ther and damaged something

eseibel67

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A small pipe wrench will bite into the threads so you can crack it loose. Then you should be able to remove it by vise grips with ease.

King Nothing

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11ft lbs, upon closer look at the bolts i'm thinking this was bound to happen beings they look rusted and shitty. i'm willing to bet these were the original bolts for when the car was manufactured in 1999, the water pump was replaced almost 4 years ago by a dealership and doubt they put in new bolts.