Having a ****ty *** weekend. First our '01 venture started leaking coolant from the head then our '98 Malibu started leaking from the water pump. My question is in regards to the Malibu. I can see it dripping from the water pump pulley. I read on some chevy forum someone said this was a $1000 job WTF. HAs anyone here had experience with this? The water pump is up near the top of the motor- is this an easy fix or not? Sorry if this topic doesn't belong on this board but I am in a real jamb here. Thanks C
Chris, I'm an ASE certified master tech for , uh, lots of years. I checked the estimating guide at work today. It's only 2 hr job if you have a 3.1 v6. The big job is if it's the 2.4 quad four,the damn thing runs off the back of the timing chain. It's a 6 hr job, but at $50-60/hr that's only $300-360 plus parts! I'd get another estimate!
on that venture van. its not the head. ill bet ya 10000000000 bucks its the intake. common problem on those. its easy to do and they make a revised gasket kit for them to replace the old ones with. something was wrong in the design they used or some ****. put it at about 18psi and look near the firewall side of the intake. they normaly go on the driver side first. Bryan
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