In this video I show you how to replace the water pump in your 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe with a 5.7L. This will cover many years and body styles. Please refer to a shop manual for proper instruction and procedure.
-Water Pump - New CARQUEST Part No. T3131
-Permatex #80064 High Tack Spray-A-Gasket Sealant 6 oz.
-Permatex Pipe Joint Compound #80045
-Water Pump - New CARQUEST Part No. T3131
-Permatex #80064 High Tack Spray-A-Gasket Sealant 6 oz.
-Permatex Pipe Joint Compound #80045
My water pump is only 2 yrs old and I noticed that one of the tubes is leaking and ain't that from the factory's problem
aww this makes me miss my 97 k1500
Love the old Vids. No bs, strait to the point. HAHA
I saw a couple of comments about using the "green" antifreeze rather than Dexcool. I talked to an engineer at Prestone and a GM mechanic about this 13 years ago. They both said Dexcool eats intake gaskets. The only reason they use Dexcool is for longer coolant life. I've been using Prestone regular ethylene glycol every since with no problems at all. I have a 2000 Tahoe Z71 5.7.
Took that fan off like a boss!!
Those gaskets made me cry
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You can totally tell 5 year videos from recent one’s. 🙂
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Who is this Eric O guy? He reminds me of my eighth grade PE teacher. A born educator and a model of no-grabass behavior.
Eric, your suck a noob in these old videos 😉 But good job, your almost as smart as me
No brake clean? C'mon Man!
Green coolant?? Say bye to the warranty! Definitely a old video!!
Good lord … that was like cyborg/robo Eric O .
Great job again like always
Did you torque the water pump bolts?
Why so serious Eric O. Lol
Holy shit man so serious
Got this to do this week. But I dont hear an air compressor or see any brake clean?!
29 Feb, 2020. You're much more polished and at ease now. But five years ago, you were still very educational. I just changed my water pump in my 95 Chevy truck. Thanks!
after changing water pump, I'm blowing bubbles into overflow tank. No coolant in water. Any thoughts on this new event?
Old cars have so much room to do the repair.
99 chevy tahoe… yeah I got one of those hanging around.
Nice!! I was taught to make gaskets like that way back in my Millwright apprenticeship… memories 🙂 (1979-80)
Great instructional video Erick,prize worthy.
Hahaha… so monotone! 😐 Night & day to the Eric O of today…..
Thank goodness for the commentary & jokes in the vids present day!! 😊Although this is informative as a step by step, how to vid….
Are these pretty good SUV's? I have a chance to buy a well maintained 1997 Tahoe 4WD 350 5.7 V-8, guess they all are the same engine anyway, with 230K miles but you would never know it…for $1800.00…I know the owner well and he took very good care of it..adult driven all it's life..no towing either..but has the package..what do you think? I have seen a few for sale locally for double and they looked like they were in a war!!
You made that look easy.
Great tip trimming the gaskets with a hammer !
I have a 1997 Suburban LS, 5.7L which I will be changing a water pump on soon. I watched several other videos and yours by far is the best. Other videos showed removing the radiator and not removing the idler pulley. Your way makes a lot more sense and it a lot less work. For those of us who juat have regular hand tools, how do you suggest we take the fan off. Thanks.
What's all the causes of presure loss in the hose on the cooling systems. My upper hose is always soft but gets harder when revving up.
Always watching Eric O is fantastic 👍🏻 But you sound like a great teacher in this one with only one voice tone…….🤣🤣 Now your latest video Eric O are just as good but very funny with you fantastic terminology like panther pee and the one and only brake cleaner lol 😆 Love everything you do Eric O 👍🏻 Sweet from Stevie a big fan back in the uk 🇬🇧
A recent fan. Just came across this "old" video and boy have gotten better at making videos!
Nice Video. Thank you very much. I watched it to familiarize myself. Making sure that I still knew how to do this job, since my first one was in the mid-1960s. There were no clutch fans back in the mid-1950s, which is what I had owned at that time. The hardest part was the loaner clutch wrench tool kit. It was a stamped steel set. The wide fork that fits over the water pump pulley bolts had to be hammered on from the end and we had to use a 15" crescent set to 35mm to loosen the clutch fan nut. The stamped 36mm wrench kept slipping off. This was certainly exacerbated due to a very wobbly bearing on the old water pump. We had apparently shut it down just before it might have come loose and damaged the radiator.
that would take me a day…bruce
nice job, all your videos are great. Thank you.
I was once told never to lay the fan and this type fan clutch assy. flat when off of the vehicle. Always keep it verticle. Any truth in that?
Old style, Indian head shellac. Glue the gaskets to the pump.
when we started making that fan clutch i asked how are you going to get it off ..dodge trucks used it first.. my 92 k1500 still has the 4 bolt set up..
the old trick with these was install studs. then slide gaskets on and pump. then pull stud back out one at a time and install theoem bolts. this way it keeps gaskets in place.
The old serious Dr. O days haha
Thanks for the video.
I am wondering if you have this fan clutch tool on your Amazon store???
By far the best video on doing this repair. Wish I had watched this first. Thank you!
Thanks man pretty helpful video, keep em coming💪🏃
Terrific and gave me confidence to change my water pump and save the bucks.
wow you earlier videos are much less fun
This is great, thanks…