Brendan

Is $300 a good price for parts and labor for a new water pump installed?

Matt93SE

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Only if they include new hoses for that..
the pump is about $75 and you'll need a gallon or so of coolant ($10). new thermostat and hoses are recommended as well. (about $40 for all).
that's $125 in parts, and I did the job last thursday in 2.5 hours.

so if you're paying a shop, $300 sounds about right if they replace all of the above. If not, then it's pretty high.

Jeff92se

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If they are doing the timing belt also, front seal, cam seals, it's great deal. If not, it's expensive. Take off water pump, spills antifreeze on belt = not a good thing

Cliff Clavin

iTrader: (11)

Hey Jeff, it says in his info that he has a VE...timing belt?

MrGone

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I think I paid about $100 for my waterpump, but I bought the one with the lifetime warrenty. If you want to be safe, say anything above $150 is just labor.

only replacing the water pump took me about an hour. I disconnected the tranny mounts aswell.

Jeff92se

iTrader: (82)

Oops. And why is Shawn laughing about timing components on a VE?

MrGone

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Brendan

anyone got a write up for a waterpump replacement on the ve? and any input as to how easy/hard it is? If its doable i'd do it with Jepht20 and anyone else that wanted to help, thanks