Change the water pump on their car? <br />How difficult is it?<br />Do I need any special tools? <br />I have done work on cars before but haven't done this yet.My wife has a 94 Chrysler Concorde and the dealership wants about $300.00 to fix it.
I've changed plenty of them. Some are simple and some can be a real PITA. Did one on a Honda civic once and had to pull the radiator, altenator and a bunch of other stuff just to get to it. If its easy to get to then just a handfull of bolts and its off.
Not super difficult in most cases, but some can be a major pain, as OMC said.<br /><br />Depends on how much time ya got if it's worth it or not. I can't stand to pay a shop 70-80 dollars an hour for something I can do myself.
I agree with both, some are easy, some are not. But when I do it myself I know its done right! And can change/fix anything else on the spot. The all time worst one I ever changed was on a 4 cyl. front wheel drive, had to pull a ton of stuff to get to 1 connection (to find the water pump was not the problem but the hiden 2" hose was).<br />Good luck.
It's pretty simple to do it on the 3.3l, and only a little difficult on the 3.5l. But if you're doing the 3.5l it's a good idea to replace the timing belt while you're at it. Nice thing about your Concord is it has a longitudinally mounted engine, making access pretty easy. <br />There's no special tools necessary.<br />Draining off the coolant is pretty simple too. Hardly need anything other than your fingers to do it!<br /><br />EDIT: There's not much nice I can say about the '93-'94 LHS, except you'll miss that giant engine bay when you get something new.
Thanks Paul. I just called my local mechanic and he said he could do the whole job with a new water pump for about $104.55. Sounds like a good price to me. I will be looking at it when I get home tonight to see everything you listed. Who knows one day I may have to do it again. lol
