How to change water pump

1998 BUICK PARK AVENUE

MADMIKE1999

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Six cylinder front wheel drive automatic 153,000 miles.

How do I loosen the motor mounts in order to change water pump in the car listed above that has an Ultra Supercharged 3.8l engine? Also, how do I loosen bolt on bottom left of water pump behind the pulley?

May 27, 2008 at 7:59 PM

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Hello,

Here is a guide to let you know what you are in for when doing the job and with diagrams below - click to enlarge.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/water-pump-replacement

Here is the belt routing:

https://www.2carpros.com/diagrams/buick/park-avenue/1998

I have found diagrams for you (below) of what it is like on your car. Please let us know if you need anything else to get the problem fixed. Cheers, Ken

Images (Click to enlarge)

Jul 19, 2017 at 3:07 PM