Best replacement waterpump

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Waterpump design seems bad on these cars, I just had mine go bad for the 3rd time in 130k miles. Last time was @ 90k and was covered by the extended coverage from GM. This time, no such luck. Am I wrong for just getting the cheapest waterpump from O'Reillys? Or are there better options from Amazon or something?

Also, what else needs replaced? Do the bolts for it need replacing too? And I know of course coolant, time for a flush.

 

[AEMalakai]

Waterpump design seems bad on these cars, I just had mine go bad for the 3rd time in 130k miles. Last time was @ 90k and was covered by the extended coverage from GM. This time, no such luck. Am I wrong for just getting the cheapest waterpump from O'Reillys? Or are there better options from Amazon or something?

Also, what else needs replaced? Do the bolts for it need replacing too? And I know of course coolant, time for a flush.

Two of the bolts are single use torque to yield bolts. The other 8 bolts can be reused.

The motor mount needs 6 bolts replaced.

I bought genuine GM pump from rockauto, its also on amazon but sometimes you get counterfeits or crappy packing/damaged parts.

• Engine front cover special bolt without cone end 60 mm (2.362 in) (1).
• Engine front cover standard bolt with cone end 52 mm (2.047 in) (2).
• Water pump bolt 25 mm (0.984 in) (3).

1. Install the 5 water pump bolts (4) and the 3 engine front cover bolts (3) and tighten all 10 bolts in a cross sequence to 8 Nm (71 lb in).
2. Caution: Refer to Torque-to-Yield Fastener Caution.
3. Tighten the 2 water pump bolts (1) to an additional 30 degrees, using the EN-45059 - meter .