Water Pump Lesson Learned the hard way

[Ed Hall]

My brother in law has a 2002 Seville and had to have it towed to the mechanics several days ago because it started leaking water like crazy. About 3 months ago, he replaced the water pump with a lifetime guarantee variety from a well known local parts store. My recommendation was to replace with an AC Delco but he needed to get the job done right away and could not wait to have it sent to him. Anyways, the mechanics ended up having to replace that 3 month old water pump because the seal was out on it. They also found a bad wheel bearing and replaced the hub as well. Anyways, the total charge was $1000 for diagnostics, water pump replacement and 1 hub replacement. He also had to pay $55 to have it towed to the mechanics. Anyways, I thought I would post this because it’s a good lesson learned to not use lesser quality parts especially when it comes to something that is vital and could leave you stranded on the road. The AC Delco water pump is almost twice as expensive as aftermarket but there is a reason for that.

[storm_beck1960]

Learned that same lesson too Ed. I learned it with my work truck tho. NEVER go cheep on your primary vhehicles!!! Best of luck to you.

[gemmichelle11]

Ed, very beautiful cars in the photos.

Thanks for sharing your brother-in-law's experience. Quality is the key word!

[MAC]

Which is why I bought ACDelco when I replaced the water pump and Fuel Pressure Regulator in my previous '94 silver Eldorado.

[joeb]

the reason ac/delco parts are twice as expensive is to pay for the upper managements performance bonuses. oops, i must have gm confused with AIG.