Thank you so much Mr. Nate everyone I asked was unavailable. A mechanic wanted to charge me 900.00 to change my daughters water pump. But after doing research and getting the tools I needed I had the confidence to do it myself without taking off the fan might I add. Thank You sooooooo much for your video
@freddiewilliams I did every step in the video. I would play the video on my phone and then pause it while working on my daughters car. Try it that way
I understand that. So when you say you did it without taking the fan off you mean removing it out of the vehicle or did you find a way to do it without even messing with the fan
This video saved my skin. My pump took a dump on the side of the road. And that's exactly where I changed it after coming across your video. Good job my dude.. saved me a tow and from having to pay someone to do it.. thanks!!!
I replaced a water pump in my trailblazer about a year ago taking the shroud, fan, and fan clutch out it took me right at 2 hours to do that. Well that pump I replaced failed the internal seal in the pump gave out. I'm doing this job again tomorrow and this will save me a ton of time. Thank you for this video.
I, along with the many others, would like to thank you for taking the time to film and simplify it.. only part I messed up on was popping out fan clutch after leaving one bolt but other than that it was exactly as you said and showed. Thank you.
This works! I just tried this method and it works, although I choose not to change the water pump as the leak I have may be from. The timing cover if that even possible... With hand tools I say 30-45 minute job.
Hey, works for me..if I can find the right tools. Is that just a long handled ratchet ur using for the belt tensioner.?? Does the belt even need to come off doing it this way.??
Wow, I'm glad I saw this before I pulled the radiator, etc. Thank you so much. Did you use RTV on the water pump gasket? My pump has come with a simple paper gasket and I'm thinking I either need RTV or a higher quality metallic gasket.
Where was this video when I looked for help on RU-vid to do this. This past Saturday was 4 hour's because all of the videos had me take out the fan, shroud, etc.
What about the coolant that was lost when u pulled the water pump? Do you just lossen the upper radiator hose from radiator and fill it up and then run the vehicle after words???
Are all the water pumps for the 02 Envoy different now or am I missing something? I changed the water pump today and the thread on the pump I pulled off was all the way to the end but the new pump looked like the one in this video. A smooth 1/4 in or so with no thread at the end.. I didn't even notice until I started questioning my sanity. couldn't get the fan clutch to attach to it.
@@christownsend561 negative. Turns out my fan clutch was stripped but I've swapped out everything. Water pump, fan clutch, radiator and thermostat. Runs super quiet now.
If it's a dealership or independent shop yes that's in the labor guide , people find better ways to do things ,everyone is different and looks at thing differently!
Your fan side is wiggly loose when you go to put the pulley back. My fan is set in place with very little room. Why don't you show us the step where you make the fan loose and vocalize how that happened? Without that direction this is am aggravating method. Pumps swapped and now the pulley doesn't fit at all
