Thanks scott for the reply. I have a thermostat en route currently. I will pull the water pump to see its condition. I don't want to put too much money in this thing as I got it for 600 bucks haha but if it does need a water pump it will certainly get one. intake boot is good. my next step is to smoke test it this weekend and see how many vacuum lines are broken. still confused as to why I am not getting a maf reading