I posted a question a while back about possiblities of TSB for premature water pump failure on my 2000 silverado. As a reminder it's got 45K miles and started leaking coolant from what I thought was the water pump. I've since looked further and can see that the leak isn't coming from the weep hole in the water pump as I previously suspected but is in fact coming from what looks like the gasket where the water pump connect to the pass. side head. So now I'm relieved that I don't need to replace the water pump but I still need to fix the leak. If I take it to a shop how many hrs should i figure on replacing the gaskets, and/or how many hours should I figure for a do it yourself? I'm capable of making the repair, I'm just trying to justify the time it takes to do it. One last thing. Would this be typical or unusual. I can't remember when I've seen a factory water pump gasket fail. Especially with only 45K miles. Thanks B.Chase
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20 years ago