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Labor time for customer pay water pump is 1.4 hours. Part should be like $150.00.plus the cost of the coolant it all depends on what the dealer's hourly rate is etc.somwhere in the $400 range seems about right, but $500 seems excessive.id look into where and what theyre charging you for before you get it done. On page 3-9 it says to do the following to replace the water pump. Drain the cooling system. The water pump instructions are actually about 2/3rds of the way down the page once you open Engine Cooling-Enclave. Your Traverse will be the same procedure. They are often a one time use. If I recall, several years ago GM had changed the.
So you wake up one morning ready to drive the kids to school and head in to work. The sun is up, and the dogs are barking. As you are walking up to the car, your son says, 'Daddy! Look at all that water under the car!' -- and it isn't water. It is power steering fluid.
Another symptom is a 'growling' sound from under the hood when turning the wheel.
Gosh, how much is this going to cost? Well, expect $200+ if you take it to the shop. This DIY repair cost less than $50.
Over the course of a vehicle lifetime, it will likely become necessary to replace or rebuild the power steering pump due to leakage. The power steering pump is a hardened pump, where the failure mode is normally fluid leakage around the gaskets and seals.
So which to do? A replacement or a rebuild? In my opinion, the power steering pump should be viewed as a line replaceable unit. Rebuilding will not be addressed in this instructable.
The pump replacement is easy to do once a few tricks are recognized. For example, do not attempt pump replacement without locating a power steering pump pulley puller. Using a standard pulley puller may make the pulley out of round -- not a good thing!
This paper outlines pump replacement on a 1987 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L V6. The original pump lasted more than 300,000 miles.
Expect Total Time to Repair around 4 hours.
Have fun, and be safe!
--Mark
http://www.marksatterfield.com
Another symptom is a 'growling' sound from under the hood when turning the wheel.
Gosh, how much is this going to cost? Well, expect $200+ if you take it to the shop. This DIY repair cost less than $50.
Over the course of a vehicle lifetime, it will likely become necessary to replace or rebuild the power steering pump due to leakage. The power steering pump is a hardened pump, where the failure mode is normally fluid leakage around the gaskets and seals.
So which to do? A replacement or a rebuild? In my opinion, the power steering pump should be viewed as a line replaceable unit. Rebuilding will not be addressed in this instructable.
The pump replacement is easy to do once a few tricks are recognized. For example, do not attempt pump replacement without locating a power steering pump pulley puller. Using a standard pulley puller may make the pulley out of round -- not a good thing!
This paper outlines pump replacement on a 1987 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L V6. The original pump lasted more than 300,000 miles.
Expect Total Time to Repair around 4 hours.
Have fun, and be safe!
--Mark
http://www.marksatterfield.com