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Old 06-24-2013, 07:36 PM   #1
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That is the number one reason I bout the uView Airlift 550000 vacuum system. Figured it was the easiest way to make sure I didn't have an air bubble and easiest way to fill it. I don't regret the $110 I spent on it at all.
Wait a cotton pickin minute...you mean to tell me a $90 (Amazon) vac will do the trick? What are mechanics using in their own shops?

This water pump job at a $1000 shop rate is not something you want to screw up needlessly.

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Wait a cotton pickin minute...you mean to tell me a $90 (Amazon) vac will do the trick? What are mechanics using in their own shops?

This water pump job at a $1000 shop rate is not something you want to screw up needlessly.
Uview actually makes the Porsche OEM tool that sells for north of $700, and looks just like the one sold on Amazon for around $100, only it does not have a Porsche logo and part number on it.
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Old 06-25-2013, 09:56 AM   #3
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Airlift is the only way to go with these cars. I find what kills more pumps than anything is people choosing the cheapest replacement pump. A close second comes from debris in the cooling system that remains after one pump fails, which takes out the next pump in short order.

Pumps are not created equally and cheap parts sources don't know this, because they don't live, eat and breathe engines.
So this may seem like an obvious question but does using the cheap pump create more clean up when pump #3, #4 is installed? Or are they 'clean' premature failures? If so it sounds like another reason not to go cheap.

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Uview actually makes the Porsche OEM tool that sells for north of $700, and looks just like the one sold on Amazon for around $100, only it does not have a Porsche logo and part number on it.
which makes me wonder who would needlessly pay the premium. This doesn't seem like an item a person unfamiliar with wrenching would pick up.
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This doesn't seem like an item a person unfamiliar with wrenching would pick up.
I'd never heard of the uView Airlift 550000 until I researched the P-Car water pump replacement. But having burped the car during the flush (I filled it and emptied it three times) before my uView came in that I can tell you from experience that the vacuum method is definitely preferable.
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