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AlittleSalt · December 7, 2018

It's a most of the day tedious job on a 2003 PT Cruiser for a professional mechanic.
In comparison, our younger son and I replaced the water pump and thermostat on his 2000 Silverado truck a few weeks ago. It took us two hours because we were learning. Now that we have done it - we could do it again within an hour because it is easy to get to.

Even though they are both changing out a water pump - the engines and difficulty level are way different. $350.00 for the PT cruiser job is actually cheap. https://repairpal.com/estimator/chry...placement-cost

Sorry everyone, when your only car needs important repairs - it can get in the way of gardening. We will figure it out - we always have.

December 7, 2018	#19
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	It's a most of the day tedious job on a 2003 PT Cruiser for a professional mechanic. In comparison, our younger son and I replaced the water pump and thermostat on his 2000 Silverado truck a few weeks ago. It took us two hours because we were learning. Now that we have done it - we could do it again within an hour because it is easy to get to. Even though they are both changing out a water pump - the engines and difficulty level are way different. $350.00 for the PT cruiser job is actually cheap. https://repairpal.com/estimator/chry...placement-cost Sorry everyone, when your only car needs important repairs - it can get in the way of gardening. We will figure it out - we always have.