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Old 04-25-2010, 10:30 PM   #14
cooljess76
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I would strongly recommend against using a hammer or any method that involves prying or striking the water pump and or timing cover. The extraction holes almost never work and usually result in breaking the water pump housing. It's old fatigued aluminum, same stuff the timing cover and head is made of. I always recommend the channel lock method. Just grip the water pump firmly with the channel lock pliers, then gently rotate it side to side while slowly working it out of the engine. Be careful not to slam it into the radiator when it finally frees itself and remember to properly bleed the cooling sytem once the new one is installed.
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