waterpump diy?

[rockbox]

Hi, I also replaced my waterpump a couple of months ago with an $150 aftermarket one, it lasted 30 days then the pully broke off the shaft, so I let the shop do the next one with an oem pump, would have done it myself again but was closer to the shop and the weather was bad. I know.... lame excuses .... wasn't a hard diy but not a job i wanted to do twice. Got my money back for the bad one, they said it had a bad weld. Oh well.

Anyway my tip is to use a hair dryer to heat up the hoses a bit then they slipped right off.

Good luck
dave

[Viper5]

I replaced mine last weekend. It really wasn't that bad. If your boxster is a 1997-2005 or S model up to 2005 (it says it won't include 2000 on the site but they are wrong since thats what I have) and it's not a turbo version whatever that is, then you need to go to rockauto.com. Get the one for $89.79 like I did. No more leak. This includes a gasket and shipping is only about 10 bucks if I remember correctly. The rest is just unscrewing the bottom and backseat of the car (use jack stands or something like that but don't use a jack) to access the hose, some screws on bottom, and screws on top. I didn't replace my belt but I probably should have. I would recomend this if it's been a while. All bolts are 10mm I believe. Good luck.

[suburban99]

The Bentley manual has a good explaination of it. With pictures.

[EVOL]

sorry to bring up an old thread but where are you guys getting these nice prices on water pumps?


our '03 boxster type s JUST had the IMS bearing replaced with the LN engineering piece, and somehow the shop claims another noise we're hearing is the waterpump.

car has a little over 30K, driven in so cal, barely driven up until lately..before it sat for long periods of time.

[favino1006]

Apparently 986 pumps have gone up recently... Best price I could find on an oem was at Sunset Porsche 800-346-0182. Definitely a great time to replace the serpentine belt while you're in there, if it's at all needing it.
-ian