use purple ice in the cooling system. Aside from reducing the surface tension of coolant and making it work more efficiently, it’ll also lubricate the water pump and reduce scale and other deposits. It’s something like 17 bucks per bottle, but people I know swear by it. I put it into every ride, but make sure the system is flushed and working properly beforehand.

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If you’re just replacing, not upgrading, factory parts are always better then the replacements.
my fathers car is 23 years old, some parts last for 20 years, but when replaced the new one only last 1 or 2 years… it’s sad that happens, because with the tecnology we have avaiable nowadays this should not happen, parts should be better and better.

Water pumps have a cushy ride with the belt. I have actually recovered pumps that let out a drop in the time to change areas..I can’t say they are getting worse to buy a new rebuilt. Try cleaning the fan, balance problem, wobbly belt, maybe pulley wiggling around.Crap in the system, shavings eating seals. Stubborn thermostats can make any pump the failing jerk of the system. On and on.. It is in my thoughts everything I buy seems a bit better. I babble ab out the water pump because of my areas extreme seasons. All 17 past cars let out a dribble in the hole of pumps…and then go back to normal.I tend to ignore them. Also a balanced engine by nature is more likely to recover. A dodge six is not one of them. Sorry. why is the valve cover blue? I do not know dodge colors I guess.. I had a ford 200 once. Anyway..new parts most often better for me.

I think part of the problem with things like water pumps for older engines is that they’ve probably been rebuild at least a few times by now.

Some of these engines haven’t been made for 20, 30, or more years so by now all the reman parts are stuff that had been remanned a few times.

That being said, I agree the quality has gone down the toilet. I had two reman generators in a row *catch fire* on my Bug last year. The third one the parts store gave me was a brand new Bosch in a reman box.