[Main 95 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos water pump Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Snowmobile [Email] (#686) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Snowmobile) on Mon, 20 Jan 2014 07:15:29 In Reply to: Re: Just over 100k SAAB LOVE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, vvack0matic [Profile/Gallery] , Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:08:10 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

ha... yeah, so we are at about 103k on our 9-5. Our water pump just got replaced about a week and a half ago (had to take it to my indy - waaay too cold to work outdoors right now!). I had him do a bunch of other preventative stuff also. Anyway, the first thing is coolant level will go low and you get the message on the SID. Then you might start to notice the drips and the message happens every 3 days... then you fill it up at night, drive the car a mile the next morning, get the message, top it off, drive it to the indy and it's dropped like an inch in the 5 mile drive... at that point you realize you have obtained the maximum lifespan out of the water pump! Well, more accurately, out of the o-ring... I'm sure the pump is fine, and could go much further, but for all the work, it's better to just put a new pump in there... labour is way more than the cost of a new pump.

iirc, you are way down south, and don't have to deal with -30 this time of year, so that will hopefully make the o-ring last longer and certainly will make it more fun to DIY!

• 2001 dead fuel pump easy job well worth doing myself $11, Breeze, Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:27:31
  • Re: 2001 dead fuel pump easy job well worth doing myself $11, GerryM, Sat, 25 Jan 2014 22:00:59
    • Re: 2001 dead fuel pump easy job well worth doing myself $11, Breeze, Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:13:31
  • Huge savings, great job!, Bill h., Sat, 18 Jan 2014 09:32:50
  • submersible flexible fuel line ???, Ric, Sat, 18 Jan 2014 05:35:43
    • Re: submersible flexible fuel line ???, Breeze, Sat, 18 Jan 2014 11:00:47
  • How many miles are on the car? n/m, vvack0matic , Fri, 17 Jan 2014 19:48:21
    • Re: How many miles are on the car? n/m, Breeze, Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:29:20
      • Just over 100k, vvack0matic , Fri, 17 Jan 2014 22:01:41
        • Re: Just over 100k SAAB LOVE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, Breeze, Sat, 18 Jan 2014 11:53:27
          • Re: Just over 100k SAAB LOVE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, vvack0matic , Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:08:10
            • water pump, Snowmobile , Mon, 20 Jan 2014 07:15:29 <-- Viewing This Message
        • Re: Just over 100k, Slug , Sat, 18 Jan 2014 06:40:32
          • Re: Just over 100k, vvack0matic , Sat, 18 Jan 2014 09:50:58
            • Re: Just over 100k, Slug , Mon, 20 Jan 2014 07:41:35

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