Water Pump

Water Pump Replacement

Your vehicle’s water pump is one of the most important parts of your car’s engine. To keep your car running it is crucial to maintain engine temperature and It is the job of this vital component to continually circulate coolant through your vehicle’s engine and back through the radiator so that it doesn’t overheat.  In the heat of summer this could not be any more important!

We recommend that your engine’s water pump be replaced when the timing belt is serviced or immediately when a leak or malfunction is detected. Refer to the owner’s manual for timing belt service intervals. When a water pump fails either by leaking coolant or through an inability to circulate coolant the result is engine overheating.

If ignored, driving a vehicle with an overheated engine will result in engine failure requiring very costly repairs and even complete engine replacement. From a safety standpoint, a failure won’t likely pose a problem for other motorists but could leave you stranded with no warning. From an environmental point of view there is significant impact because leaking engine coolant is poisonous and could be ingested by children pets and other animals.

Water Pump Failure Leads to Timing Belt Failure

The heat of the Arizona summer is not only hard on us but also on our car’s underhood moving components.  Heat is the number one killer of vital components working very hard under the hood.  Be conscious of this in the summer months especially and have your car’s belts and water pump inspected if you hear anything unusual or if it is of the age and mileage for typical replacement (performed between 60,000 miles in extreme use conditions, or up to 100,000 miles if in normal conditions and approximately 6 years of age).