Need Water Pump replacement suggestion :

[Monkeyporn]

Well looks like my stock water pump has finally given up the ghost, anyone got a suggestion on what I should put back in? I always try to upgrade anytime I have to replace something......right now I'm looking at the

Edelbrock Performance Water Pump 8804

Anyone got any other suggestions ?

 

[Samos3]

I got 200k off my oem pump, so I put another one in. But no performance enhancements to the car, so I just wanted more of the same reliability.

 

[JC SSP]

$200 Edelbrock vs $50 Motorcraft for no real increase in cooling/flow doesn't make sense to me...

 

[07 Boss]

Meziere Electric pump.

 

[86GT351]

OEM works fine

 

[pass1over]

+1 for OEM pump

 

[Monkeyporn]

Ok sounds like the vote is in and it's OEM Motorcraft for the win....Thanks everyone for the input.

 

[Samos3]

How many miles and have your coolant/heater hoses been replaced?

 

[Monkeyporn]

How many miles and have your coolant/heater hoses been replaced?

I've got a 138K and I have replaced the one under the intake but not any of the others.

 

[86GT351]

Probably a good idea to replace them. Remember hoses break down from the inside out.

 

[Samos3]

I've got a 138K and I have replaced the one under the intake but not any of the others.

Yep, plus the age. Probably a good idea. The nipple sticking out the back of the water pump area has a couple o-rings on it. Time and heat cycling have probably not been good to them. It's easy to pop that out and replace the whole thing.

 

[Autokyrios]

I've run and raced with the Edelbrock water pump for years without issues, so I'd say that's a safe buy if you want to stick with a pulley-driven pump.

I'm actually in the process of switching over to an electric pump, but if I was sticking with the pulley style pump I'd buy another of the Edelbrock ones without question.

Since you have to drain the system to do the pump anyway, it's a great time to replace your hoses. I went with the Mishimoto ones and they've been great. Used the Ford coolant system flush and replaced the thermostat as well.