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Did anyone change their water pump when they did their cam swap?

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Old 03-05-2008, 12:16 AM
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Default Did anyone change their water pump when they did their cam swap?
Getting ready to do mine, did the oil pump just wondering what others have done
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I changed the water pump on mine when I did the cam.

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I kept my original water pump and I did my cam at 110k miles. I did put in a new thermostat while I had it off.
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Same waterpump on 3 motors now. Original. 60K miles on car.
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Some people just upgrade to an electric water pump. But hey, if you don't mind dropping the extra cash, it's a good idea. Why put old **** back on.
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H/C swap here and use the same water pump with no problem at all just changed the gaskets.
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Changed mine out just to be safe. Engine had about 70K on it and would just rather do it then then later on
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