DJWICKED1

I have a 98 Trans Am and the water pump was leaking coolant. I recently took off air box/lid, serpetine belt, couple pulleys, thermostat, and all 6 bolts holding on water pump to block and the damn thing will not budge. I ve hit it, pulled it, twisted it, and no movement at all. Can anyone help me get this off?? Any suggestions?

STA

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I had the same problem on my 98 Trans Am when I replaced the bad water pump. I took off all the bolts, but no matter how much I pulled or smacked it, wouldn't budge. Heres what worked for me, I used a breaker bar between the block and waterpump and pryed it off using leverage. If your afraid of damaging the block just wrap the bar with an old rag. Our cars are 7 years old and need a little extra muscle to take the waterpump off. Hope this helps.

LS1FIRE

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I had the same problem as well. The gasket on the water pump is differnt on 98s and stay stuck on there real good. I used the same method as STA mentionend.

777

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Make sure you get some gasket remover and a good scraper (plastic) You will have fun scraping all that gasket material off the block. If you can't get it to move with the above method, I'd try pouring a little gasket remover on the gaskets and see if it deteriorates(sp) them enough to take it off a little easier.

jmm98LS1

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I had to smack mine with a hammer a couple times to get it to budge.

98z28chevy

My 98z waterpump came off like nothing. But mines didnt have the paper gasket i guess it was replaced sometime ago with the newer one.

Brandon Boomhauer

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have fun cleaning the gaskets. It took a wire wheel to get the gaskets off the 98 pump I had.

the o-ring style are so much better...