PAULSC6 Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Has anyone done a water pump on a 2005–2007 Corvette with LS2 engine? I saw the video on YouTube and it looks sort of easy but just wondering if it really is and what's the actual time to remove and replace the water pump. Also any tricks on how to remove and replace it or shortcuts? Tips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJR Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 That is a straight forward job. Tackle it you won't mess it up. If you don't wrench often give yourself a few hours. To less the mess I use a wet/dry vac to remove coolant. Suck it out from the upper hose port on the pump. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe@cpr.com Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 It's a cake walk on these cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aAZZ Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Easy. Dont make harder then it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAULSC6 Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 Thanks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabfreak Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 how'd it go? any pics or video from a first timer? Thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAULSC6 Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Thank you everyone for the encouragement. I did it .it only took me about an hour and 15 minutes for complete R&R. I also decided to replace upper and lower hose both heater hoses and also reservoir tank bypass hose. I did buy the OEM GM water pump that came with the thermostat and housing installed already. Also while doing research I found out that the reservoir bypass hose fails around 40k miles. The plastic T becomes very brittle and breaks. I decided to replace the complete hose assembly. But if you want to save money you can just replace the T. Thank you again for the help and encouragement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Love DIY!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P51tj Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Nice work and good info on the "T" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOXXOH Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 On 8/24/2016 at 10:11 PM, PAULSC6 said: Thank you everyone for the encouragement. I did it .it only took me about an hour and 15 minutes for complete R&R. I also decided to replace upper and lower hose both heater hoses and also reservoir tank bypass hose. I did buy the OEM GM water pump that came with the thermostat and housing installed already. Also while doing research I found out that the reservoir bypass hose fails around 40k miles. The plastic T becomes very brittle and breaks. I decided to replace the complete hose assembly. But if you want to save money you can just replace the T. Thank you again for the help and encouragement. Glad to see it done. I guess I should check my plastic "T", since it's nearly 100K miles overdue to break. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprone Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I'm just takin mine to Paul! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAULSC6 Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 The only tricky part was bleeding all the air out since I replaced every single hose. It was a pain but I became an expert at it. If it's not bled right your upper and lower hose will collapse and you will get no flow of water. I had this happen to me when I took it to the dealer a while back for a coolant flush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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