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telmo744 liked Mendel Leisk's post in the thread Water pump replacement, ideal interval?.

Every 100k miles seems optimum to me, based on reports here about them failing around 150k. Could coincide with engine coolant change.

telmo744 replied to the thread Water pump replacement, ideal interval?.

It is one of my concerns under the bonnet. And because it seems to me that a failing water pump could easily end up in another serious...

telmo744 liked Tombukt2's post in the thread Water pump replacement, ideal interval?.

Yeah and it's about a 45-minute job on a bad day too unless you've got a lot of cleaning to do and housekeeping and what have you under...

telmo744 liked JC91006's post in the thread Water pump replacement, ideal interval?.

I like to look at this water pump like if it's a timing belt on a car with an interference engine. It will work fine until it breaks....

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Water pump replacement, ideal interval?

I have a 2010 with 180k miles, all maintenance and fluids at official shop from new. Last january service I asked for an engine...

Forum: Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting

telmo744 liked maleko's post in the thread My experience using 5W-40 instead of 0W-20.

Good to know. I just switched over to Valvoline Euro spec 5w-40 after running Pennzoil 5w-30 (both around $5/qt at Walmart) for the last...