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Water pump
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:47 am
by rated_w
Went for an oil change, got the oil change taken care of and looked around the engine to only realise that I was leaking coolant and that coolant was all over the fan belt and under neath the water pump. I've been noticing I was loosing coolant for A few months now. Costtofix. 600 dollars. Life is getting really expensive. LolI'm at 114597 kms. 2004 vibe
Re: Water pump (rated_w)
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:01 am
by joatmon
Quote, originally posted by rated_w »600 dollars. ouch.leaking water pumps on these toyota engines in our Vibes gets reported here from time to time, but it doesn't seem to be a common problem. sorry to hear yours is one of the them
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:39 am
by rated_w
Still waiting on repairs. This sure ruined a whole days of plans
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 4:07 am
by cptnsolo77
I have noticed coolant in the same area on my Vibe, been driving like that for months. I topped it off to keep a eye on the level & I have no coolant loss. I didnt think it was such a expensive repair. I plan to do it myself though. Im about to hit 90K and I just replaced the starter 3 weeks ago. No worries though....as long as there is no major engine / tranny problems. I can live with that. As long as she starts in the morning & the ac works LOL.
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:17 am
by northvibe
the labor I bet was most of that $600. I bet the water pump is under $100 for the part.
Re: (northvibe)
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:00 am
by ~MRVIBE2006~
I am having the same problem. Just got mine checked out and its gonna cost me around $335.00 to get mine fixed. Hopefully that's ALL I need for right now! The part is around $97, labor around $190 (OUCH!!!). Said it would take around 3 hours to do.