for my 2003 SSS...
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for my 2003 SSS...
About $25 shipped off the internet. Just depends on if you have the new or original style pump.
orignal style i think
how do you tell the difference in style?Quote:
Originally Posted by GasGuzzler
believe thermostat is part of housing on one... and seperate on the other.
yep, the 03's are one piece.. i cant find a 160 in stock locally.. i was hoping someone might be getting rid of one.
You can disassemble your factory thermostat and place a BB in it... Im cheap so thats what i did, works great.
gotcha. thanks for clearing that up
The newer ones have a cover with just a "regular" tstat behind it and the old ones have the tstat as part of the cover....old style costs a lot more....but buy a new $300 water pump and you can save $40 on the tstat....
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Originally Posted by GasGuzzler
why, do the new water pumps have it built in? what happens if the tstat in such a pump fails?
They made a running change to the pumps in late 03 or in 04 and from there all the service replacements were new style. The tstat was not available from GM on the old style....probably why they changed the design. So.....the aftermarket charges more for the housing and tstat than for the tstat only. Besides, the older style was such a bad leaker that most of these trucks (half?) have the new style now anyway.
...haha still rockin the original pump/thermostat ... after 140k on truck AND our tahoe
you can buy replacement stats for old style, they are just like $40 instead of $7
Mine was only leaking from the gaskets which is common but I didn't want the front bearing to fail later and destroy something under hood.....seen that before too...