What water pump to use?
#2
07-21-2018
Spend the money on a Ford one.
You may luck out on one that will last for a years or it may fail just outside the warranty _ or sooner _ there's no quality control.
You pay more for the Ford ones because even though the warranty may be less then the aftermarket ones, the quality control is there.
You may luck out on one that will last for a years or it may fail just outside the warranty _ or sooner _ there's no quality control.
You pay more for the Ford ones because even though the warranty may be less then the aftermarket ones, the quality control is there.
#3
07-21-2018
RF's Exiled Elite
+1 Motorcraft aka ford... aftermarket parts in my humble experience never last as well as original equipment. Unless you go into performance made parts but to my knowledge there's nothing for the 3.0. Not a popular motor for "upgrading" so no aftermarket for performance parts. Pay the extra few bucks to buy it from a dealer.
some parts stores sell some motorcraft parts, so check your local autozone, advance etc first before you hit the dealer. But don't let them sweet talk you into buying anything but an original part. I've worked at parts stores and they are forced to push certain products. For example we use to get bonuses for selling these shitty brake pads when they were well below OEM standards. Making minimum wage we sold the crap out of those terrible pads....
some parts stores sell some motorcraft parts, so check your local autozone, advance etc first before you hit the dealer. But don't let them sweet talk you into buying anything but an original part. I've worked at parts stores and they are forced to push certain products. For example we use to get bonuses for selling these shitty brake pads when they were well below OEM standards. Making minimum wage we sold the crap out of those terrible pads....
Last edited by Apexkeeper; 07-21-2018 at 04:19 PM.
#4
07-27-2018
Sounds good - anyone got a how to? Or is it a pretty standard replacement? Ive been warned to make sure bolts go right back where they came from as they are different lengths. I got rtv for waterpumps and tstat housings to put a thin coat on new gasket both sides and new razors to scrape old gasket off and acetone to clean it.
#5
07-27-2018
Only use plastic razors so you don't nick up the aluminum.
I only use RTV on the timing cover side and only if it's mating surface is not perfect.
If you must use it, then only on the cover side.
And as you said, a thin coat and more importantly, it has to be even.
You don't need it on the water pump as that's a perfect new surface.
The only real PITA is the left handed clutch fan thread.
Sometimes they can come off easy, sometimes not.
Google it, there's lots of videos and some pretty ingenious methods to keep things from turning while one breaks it loose.
I only use RTV on the timing cover side and only if it's mating surface is not perfect.
If you must use it, then only on the cover side.
And as you said, a thin coat and more importantly, it has to be even.
You don't need it on the water pump as that's a perfect new surface.
The only real PITA is the left handed clutch fan thread.
Sometimes they can come off easy, sometimes not.
Google it, there's lots of videos and some pretty ingenious methods to keep things from turning while one breaks it loose.
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