Took my car to the dealer this morning because I was hearing a slushing sound when accelerating from a stop. Car has 44K miles. They say it's the water pump and they quoted me $561 total ($246 parts incl. tax, $315 labor). The parts they said I need are:
Overflow hose, P/N ER3Z-8276-A, $38
Pump kit, P/N BR3Z-8501-G, $146
Thermostat seal, P/N 7T4Z-8590-A, $21
Coolant (Motorcraft orange), $22
I searched for all these parts online (except the coolant, which is trivial) and on tascaparts.com my total for parts is only $109. Question #1 - Is Tasca a good company, does anyone advise against buying my parts there?
Main question - What does this job entail? Would I need any special tools? Anything really challenging I should be aware of before I tell the dealer I will take the car back and do it myself?
Hope you all can help me through this and save me some dough! $109 looks a lot better than $561.
Overflow hose, P/N ER3Z-8276-A, $38
Pump kit, P/N BR3Z-8501-G, $146
Thermostat seal, P/N 7T4Z-8590-A, $21
Coolant (Motorcraft orange), $22
I searched for all these parts online (except the coolant, which is trivial) and on tascaparts.com my total for parts is only $109. Question #1 - Is Tasca a good company, does anyone advise against buying my parts there?
Main question - What does this job entail? Would I need any special tools? Anything really challenging I should be aware of before I tell the dealer I will take the car back and do it myself?
Hope you all can help me through this and save me some dough! $109 looks a lot better than $561.