Gates 42292 Premium Engine Water Pump

When the OEM one goes out it sounds just like a bad power steering pump, never heard one sound like that before. Installing these requires the loosening of the engine mount bolts on the pulley side on many vehicles. Be sure to support the engine and be sure to not complete remove the bolts, usually you don't have to completely remove the engine mounting bolts, just back them out about a half inch. There are Youtube videos on how to do it.

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I have a 2006 Chrysler Town and Country (LX) and this fit perfectly. Running really smooth. I installed it last month and getting the old one out is a pain. I recommend dropping the engine a few inches or you're going to find yourself cursing for the better part of your Saturday. That's eventually what I did and it and the old pump came right out. The new one took a little bit of wiggling to fit it in there but once it was in, the seal was tight. Make sure you use gasket sealer though, the rubber ring isn't enough on its own. I wasn't able to use a torque wrench in there because the fit is so tight but if you do do it 1/4 turn past wrench tight, you should be fine. My pump was leaking and making the belt squeak, now it runs like new. Couldn't be happier with this part. The price was great too.

I figured I would try this water pump out.Well, I've gone through 3 water pumps in 3 years. And I get these water pumps from a reputable auto part store. this water pump is heavy duty so we will see.. I will update In a year

So far so good. Not especially noisy. Works good. Have replaced the water pump in my 2006 dodge van twice in 150,000 miles. Fortunately it is an easy job.

Dont listen to the youtube guys that say you should drop the motor a few inches to get it in/out on a town and country.... Just loosen the pulley first, it has slots that allow you to move the pulley back past the mount on the shaft. comes right out! I applied a very small amount of silicone/rtv sealant to the pump side of the gasket, otherwise it will fall off everytime you try to put the pump on.

The blades are definitely not metal. There was confusion in some answers about that. Instructions do not mention sealant, Gates websites do not have product-specific info about using sealant, but their general information clearly says not to use sealants. So I didn't use any. But it's nothing short of miraculous that the gasket appears to have seated because without sealant to hold the gasket in place during installation (thanks Dodge engineers for not putting that extra 1mm of needed clearance), the gasket wants to fall out of the "channel". I didn't want to lower the engine, so I wrestled it in and it does appear it landed where it was supposed to. So make your own decision about using sealant to hold it in place during installation.

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I replaced the water pump on my 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan over a year ago with this product and no issues so far.

Pump fit perfect, packaging sucked, pump/box was in white blister package, pump fell out of enclosed box and ground its way thru outer plastic packaging.

replaced the old leaking water pump with this brand new pump. perfect fit 2006 dodge grand caravan v6 3.8L.

what I orderedExactly

Good product