2012 3.0L water pump
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2012 3.0L water pump
Yay water pumps... especially when you're hitting the magic 100K mark and 1200 miles from home, it's 2pm, and all the repair shops in the vicinity roll up the side walks and close their doors at 5pm.
Yep. Water pump seized and stranded me. Fortunately, we were sitting at the end of an exit ramp waiting for a traffic light when it died and not keeping up with the 85mph traffic. limped it to a Sams club parking lot.
No local shops could help until morning, and we really didn't want to sit in a hotel. fortunately, I had brought my tools. Talked The friendly folks at O'Reilly Auto Parts into delivering me a water pump and belt. 45 minutes later I have the pump and belt. 20 minutes after that, I have the old pump out and am installing the new one.
I will avoid buying the "Murray" brand pump and gasket if I ever get stuck again. No matter how I tried, I could NOT get the pump to seal and not leak like a sieve. 4 times I had it out, inspected everything, made sure no remaining gasket material, proper positioning, ect....
Finally got a ride to the auto parts store to get some sealant and back.
after 5+ hours of downtime, we were back on the road.
Is there a secret to those POS tin gaskets I'm missing???
Yep. Water pump seized and stranded me. Fortunately, we were sitting at the end of an exit ramp waiting for a traffic light when it died and not keeping up with the 85mph traffic. limped it to a Sams club parking lot.
No local shops could help until morning, and we really didn't want to sit in a hotel. fortunately, I had brought my tools. Talked The friendly folks at O'Reilly Auto Parts into delivering me a water pump and belt. 45 minutes later I have the pump and belt. 20 minutes after that, I have the old pump out and am installing the new one.
I will avoid buying the "Murray" brand pump and gasket if I ever get stuck again. No matter how I tried, I could NOT get the pump to seal and not leak like a sieve. 4 times I had it out, inspected everything, made sure no remaining gasket material, proper positioning, ect....
Finally got a ride to the auto parts store to get some sealant and back.
after 5+ hours of downtime, we were back on the road.
Is there a secret to those POS tin gaskets I'm missing???
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