Questions about my water pump. Options

[Araykhel]

I am finally free from my treacherous school semester and its summer time. That means lots of sun, drinks, and good times with the convertible... That I put away in the winter because of a water pump issue. Ouch... I wanted to confirm with all the engine-savvy 6gc'ers that my water pump was still leaking, so I used good old distilled water in my radiator. Drove fantastically for the day, passed the night test into the working day today, and I arrive home to a slow drip coming from what I assume to be my water pump housing.

I'm a recovering college student so money doesn't come in anything more than a couple hundred a week or so and I know this will cost me money to fix at a garage so I came hunting for tips. Of those of you whom have already replaced your water pumps/ timing belt assemblies, how much did you have to spend? I want to know the appropriate prices to aim for when I go shopping.

This post has been edited by Araykhel: Jun 14, 2011 - 3:00 PM

[stephen_lee]

a gt? im expecting the pump to be 80ish, tbelt 20 or so. you will need new coolant and valve cover gasket too

so ~200

[Araykhel]

a gt? im expecting the pump to be 80ish, tbelt 20 or so. you will need new coolant and valve cover gasket too

so ~200

Couldn't install it myself though, I'm looking at a cost of labor sort of deal as well.

[jordisonjr]

I did mine when I got my car and still have the bill for it.
Could check for you when I get home, but it will probably be cheaper for you cause dealerships are cheaper in the states.
IIRC it was 200-300.

EDIT - just remembered i only did the timing belt, and that was at a toyota delarship

This post has been edited by jordisonjr: Jun 14, 2011 - 3:57 PM

[Araykhel]

I did mine when I got my car and still have the bill for it.
Could check for you when I get home, but it will probably be cheaper for you cause dealerships are cheaper in the states.
IIRC it was 200-300.

EDIT - just remembered i only did the timing belt, and that was at a toyota delarship

You have no idea how too good to be true that sounds for me. I was expecting somewhere much higher

[Spider77]

Water pump, timing belt (w/ accessories like tensioners), new thermostat ran me about 150 after shipping. Overall the job took about 12 hours (mostly cause whoever changed the belt before me used an impact to torque the crank bolt), fairly simple all in all.

[Araykhel]

Water pump, timing belt (w/ accessories like tensioners), new thermostat ran me about 150 after shipping. Overall the job took about 12 hours (mostly cause whoever changed the belt before me used an impact to torque the crank bolt), fairly simple all in all.

You did it yourself then?

[Smaay]

do it yourself. waterpump and timing belt is not too hard.

[EKAn]

Yeah do it yourself, I had never done one before and I just followed this Link. Overall not too bad.

[Spider77]

See, everyone is telling you to do it yourself, so you might as well. And if you have a buddy that is a slight bit mechanically inclined, get them to help.