Water Pump, Help me

[Timco]

Originally Posted by shacky

I'm thinking about doing this project and appreciate the link. This step has me stumped. Why would you need to "trim" old gasket?

To install a new water pump gasket, it will need to be trimmed in 3 places as shown in the above photo. In order to remove the original gasket from the engine, you will also need to trim the old gasket in the same points.

The original gasket covered the water pump and item next to it with one gasket. If yours is original, you need to trim the gasket in the car, and trim the new gasket to just service the water pump. If someone has swapped WP, just trim the new gasket.

[shacky]

Originally Posted by Timco

The original gasket covered the water pump and item next to it with one gasket. If yours is original, you need to trim the gasket in the car, and trim the new gasket to just service the water pump. If someone has swapped WP, just trim the new gasket.

Ah grasshoppa!

[CoBeerToad]

I went with Pentosin engine coolant. They have it (or can get it) at O'Reilly Auto Parts. $12.99 for 1.5 liters. It's been a year or two since I did mine, so I don't remember how many I had to buy. I think I bought 6 and ended up with an extra one, but that was many beers ago.

ETA: And don't skimp and use tap water. Distilled water doesn't cost that much.