Re: Help! Please! Odd Noise...grinding/churning?
Originally Posted by jamesknox
Figured it out!!
Yesterday, I took it to the dealership and suggested to them that it could be the idler pulley. The results...
They said I need a new idler pulley AND a new water pump. Idler pulley with part and install is $190; Water pump with part and install is $1100. ----
I wanted to ask you all should I only do the OEM parts or is a water pump from GMB or BOSCH fine to use? Just trying to figure it out because the OEM water pump is $700. I have found the GMB and BOSCH water pump for $100.
Thanks again you all for helping me out yesterday! I really appreciate it.
I have seen the pulleys on eBay for $15 new, brand name but I forgot what.
The OEM water pump may be a Bosch anyway, I purchased a Bosch water pump for my na for < $100 total and that was shipped to Canada. The SRT water pump is much more at OEM prices, it has three outlets and the na only has two. It is more anyway but not the half as much again that the OEM ones are.
You may need only one of these parts, employees in dealerships have to pass tests for lying and most of them pass with 100% marks.
Last edited by onehundred80; 11-11-2011 at 09:15 AM.