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Here is a trick to try when changing the crush washer on the oil plug. Take the cap off the oil and put a shop vac in the hole where the cap goes. That will allow you to go underneath the vehicle and unscrew the bolt and you won't spill a drop. Helps if you need to change the crush washer and don't want to change the oil
A buddy of mine has been piping his smoke machine into the radiator to locate leaks… it works pretty good.
That's disturbing that water pump failed at only 80k miles.
Are you going to charge the customer the 3.5 hours like the book says?
Great video, Ray! Keep them coming!
As I recall, GM uses Dexcool, an OAT coolant which is an orangish color. That looked like the old green coolant which would be ethylene glycol. Please correct me if I'm mistaken.
Pouring? More like Gushing, Ray! 😂
Early for water pump failure
I thought you were way too young to know what a rotary dial phone was
I use a brass wire wheel to remove gasket material and clean mating surface.
Book says 3.4 hrs. Ill only charge 3😂
That shop air compressor sound like a rods about to come loose
👍👍to rotary phones!
Why is my 3.6 Pentastar motor the biggest PIA to “Burp” compared to all these other motors ?
No belt placement guide on the hood/radiator ?
No torque spec for the wasser pump screws ?
GMC Puke-on
Hmm.. is it TIME to get an apprentice mechanic? When it gets to boring(as a mechanic) pulling all the junk off a car to get to the broken stuff maybe? Watching you do this.. fascinates me as to the amount of patience you have.. by now i would have a filing cabinet full of WTF memos on this issue to the Car Makers…(LOL)
Check the trunk for a box of Diapers!(i have no idea why anyone wants an SUV for a daily driver.. as its expensive to operate GMC Yukon is basically a REALLY cheaply built vehicle too.
Should you have used the red dex-cool type coolant. You put in green ?
GMC? Generally Mediocre Car? The Yuccy, sorry, Yucon model. 🙂 Pretty pathetic milage on that water pump. Tension too tight on the belt?
The jerkiness of the handheld camera in this and many of your other videos is enough to make me dizzy and sick to the point of having to look away or turn the video of.
I hope you take this constructive criticism ok as I otherwise have enjoyed your videos for a few years now.
POS GM.
2019 and already needs a water pump?😂
These manufacturers can’t even put quality water pumps on vehicles anymore. Probably made in china.
I was always taught that when using paper gaskets you should put silicon on both sides of the gasket. Am I incorrect on this? If so, why?
The hot weather in Florida is very hard on cars!
I think you gonna need a new garden hose real soon.
Back in my wrenching days the easiest water pump I ever saw was an Oldsmobile Alero… I had to buy a special tool for it (that so far only got used once)…. But it just twisted in/out.
I don't think it had any bolts… Maybe on the pulley… Don't remember
You know that water pump had to be making noise and owner probably just turned up the radio and ignored it until it became a major leak!
Wow!! Looking good Loren. Good idea Ray, to have the Wife Unit make an appearance on each episode. Good job on the water pump, Ray. Never seen one like that before, easy repair.
I have found that if I soak the belt in soapy water while I change the water pump it’s usually okay and doesn’t squeak.
I wish the water pump on my car was that easy. Nice job sir! 👍👍
The coolant he put in there looked like absolute shit compared to what was already in the system. Along with a bunch of hose water.
I have OCD pretty bad. When I do a water pump I also do all hoses, thermostat, idlers, tensioners and belts. I also flush and purge the cooling system so as not to contaminate the system with undistilled water.
Oh yeah, the good old rotary phone…. And the phone booths. Where does Superman change now????
I've changed an LS-1 and LS-3 water pump, but nothing on the newer DI engines. I didn't realize the pump came out of the housing like that. I actually own a 17 Tahoe with a 5.3, but haven't had to tackle this one yet. I'm a little surprised GM didn't just make that all one unit that you have to replace to save costs on manufacturing, but that looks like a piece of cake.
I do
Ray sometimes you get the re comment or two. I would say if you put the pump together and it doesn’t leak you did great job Have a good day Ray I missed this video so I had 2 today. You fixed the leak immediate satisfaction ,Nice
Ray I see the leak .. its your hose coupling:)
Hi Ray, greetings from Perth, Australia. I’m really enjoying your content even though I’m not a mechanic. Just wondering about the coolant you used. The original fluid was red and you put in a yellow coolant. Does that make a difference in terms of performance? Over here in Oz, we have either red or green and mechs/car manufacturers don’t like mixing or changing.
Plus, I noticed nearly every car you have worked on is an automatic. Don’t people like manual transmissions? I know that here, manuals are becoming rare. I myself have a 6sp manual 6lt V8 which is starting to show her age and developing problems. People tell me to get rid of it but NO! I love my car. Well, thanks for your time, keep up the great content.
Sean
Ray, you are my age and I grew up with a rotary phone into the early ‘90s. This is because it was the cheapest phone available from the phone company back when you were required to lease one of theirs… essentially “the free one.” Even after antitrust legislation that let you buy your own my mother continued using the rotary phone from the phone company since they still charged extra for touch tone dialing. It wasn’t until 1997 when we got touch tone dialing since I ran into some computer software that didn’t support pulse dialing (“id Stuff” store on the Quake Shareware CD).
I would have put a new thermostat in it too since you replaced the water pump.. but I guess everybody's different I guess
Geez…failed WP already?
Has you or you viewers had a look at evans waterless coolant no water, no pressure
Customer states after you replaced my water pump the check engine light is on turns out technician forgot to plug in the Maf sensor😊
I thought if you mix green coolant and red coolant it will gel up unless you flush the system entirely and use only one or the other.
I really do like the gen v platform, honestly feels like its easier to work on than gen 3/4
So nice to see a basic job done without the need to dismantle half the engine – eg: typical modern engine spark-plug replacement. NICE!
Hey Ray. Has anyone ever watched your video of you fixing their car and come back to you and say it only took you an hour to fix my car why did it cost so much? LOL
Chinesium water pump!
parents had a rotary phone for probably at least my first 10 years alive, thanks now I feel quite old unsubscribing reeeeee (joking I like your content always gives a laugh or grin)
In the 90s I had a 1987 Taurus with the 3.0 and I knew something was up when one day I was suddenly having trouble turning right and hearing minor belt squeak. Turns out the water pump was leaking right on the crank pulley which make the belt almost stop since the crank pulley was slippery from the anti-freeze.
Rotary phones. I believe that is why you use 911 instead of our 999 for emergency services. It took less time to dial
enjoyed the shorter video!! Merci
You may remember rotary phones, but do you remember party lines? I grew up with one!
They should make the the engenders work on what they design that would change things a lot
Question…do u actually torque most of the parts I install and it’s just edited out. I see u tighten down with power ratchet.
Many years ago I used to work for Telecom Australia back in the 1970s and 80s and working in the Telephone Exchange the equipment was called STEP BY STEP and you could actually hear people dialing numbers by the machinery moving sometimes when working at night in the exchange it was very eerie
RAY YOU SHOULD HAD WASHED THAT COVER IT WAS DUSTY I WAS SURPRISED YOU DIDN'T BREAK OUT THE BRAKE CLEANER???????
Only 85k smh do better gm…
lol my father-in-law had a jeep patriot … holy moly that serpentine belt was a nightmare.
Seem to be a bunch of water pumps lately. At least this was one of the easier ones. Its amazing how different one design engineer's brain is from another's. Sometimes I think they're all a bunch of sadists that hate mechanics.
amazing gm quality strikes again. 80k worn out like its 280k
Magnetic sockets would work perfectly there.
Book time on that should be an hour max. It looks like it takes about 30 minutes tops.
What a GM leaking it's fluids? Say it isn't so… LOL
Your thoughts please …
I’m conflicted with these two statements; regarding my 2010 Maxima with 150,000 miles.
– If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
– If it’s new it doesn’t mean it’s good.
Issue: It still has the original spark plugs and ignition coils. Since there’s so much labor changing the rear plugs, do I change the rear coils while I’m there?
If yes, are there coil brands you’d recommend or stay away from?
Thanks
Glad to see a new video. Been binge watching, and glad to see new content. Keep up the exceptional work and videos you provide. Educational, informational, and entertaining. I know many including myself. Welder and diesel engine mechanic, for a small shipyard.. lots of Caterpillar engines to work on. You videos are right up my alley. Thanks again.
The fact that it came in on a tow truck may well mean it went over-temperature. Could that mean a warped head or blown head gasket soon?
Das is nicht gut 😂
They at least stopped before they blew it up completely.
😂.
I know teamwork makes the dream work, but has Ray said what the wife unit did before they stated their own shop?
I do cars probably has one of those water pumps ready to ship!
It would be interesting to see Ray start cussing on this particular job.
Stupid question Ray. Scotty and the others say careful spraying water through the engine bay, alternators and computers do not like. Yet, you seem to spray freely. Who is right?
Not torqueing the bolts and using tap water, not cool Ray…
I hope Eric sees a clip of that water pump, he would love it.
I change the water pump from corolla 2005 last week at 225,357 miles, it was the original one last 19 years.
GMC. Got a mechanic coming. Old mechanic told me once stands for great mistake company. Lol 89000 miles and needs a waterpump. Really
We had a 4 household “party line” phone when I was younger.
Pretty slick in and out
Easily when you know what you’re doing
Cheers from Nova Scotia
Jeez gm water pumps not even good for 100k on these?! My 05 Yukon water pump at least made it 160k yikes
Not even close to 100k miles at least. They don't make them like they used to
Pen and paper to drew the line of the belt
Ray we still have a rotary phone in service in my place lol
Talking about the abrasiveness of the shift pads, one job i had we used a 4 inch round pad on a grinder to "grind" away and give a course polish look to aluminum welds. It will EAT aluminum for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and 4th meal. Then be so worn out they make fun frisbees to toss at the trash can
r h sure that's not tranny fluid…. it's red… dexcol is orange
wow that's already trashed… great quality ur making GMC
I don’t know maybe it’s just me, but when you have a high tension belt in place, I’m sure there’s a lot of sideload on bearings which include alternator, water pump, tensioner. I remember back in the 90s I was a partsman and we were going through a lot of alternators and what was found was that GM had recommended a slightly longer belt to alleviate excessive tension that seem to solve the problem.
so no flushing of the cooling system?….i would think that all that grinding the water pump was doing may have sent fine aluminum shavings throughout the radiator and engine block
So many kids today won't even understand "HOW TO USE" a rotary phones
Amazing diagnostics!!! NASA should be recruiting you to help them out! Das a vewy gud video.
No actual torque clicks needed for the water pump bolts?
A relatively small, flat sealing surface like that I woukd take so 220-320 cloth backed sandpaper on a fine flat file and bridge the surfaces with the file/abrasive cloth.
This will eliminate aby chance of gouging the surface, and take about as long because you are working a larger surface area than the small rotary pad.
Just a thought.
Some of Ford's water pumps are designed the same way the fasteners are behind the pulley
Whole lot easier than the old 350 style water pumps with the fan attached. Havnt had to do one of those yet. Im retired only work on mine family and friends stuff now 😊 my new truck is a 2019 ram 350 hemi. Looking for tips on that when it needs work. 😅 that water pumps got to be smartest thing ive seen a engineer come up with though.
Rotary phone… I saw a working phone that didn't have a dial. But it did have a crank handle that you turned to signal the operator. Then you told them the number you wanted.
It sounds like you need to add some hard lines for air to each bay, maybe a couple external outlets and of course a dryer and water separator?
Most comical part: “I am used to general motors treachery”