I just did my water pump abput a month ago. It certainly helps to have the tool that holds the pump pulley to take off the fan. you need to take off the vibration damper as well to get to the bottom bolt on the pump. Be careful while removing the damper pulley not to crack the hub that holds it on. I saved about 370.00 doing it myself.

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