Works great!
Verified Buyer -
Fit great, seems to be working. Came with new bolts, which are required for the install. It does include a gasket, but it's very thin paper, I ordered and installed a new Fel-pro gasket, which was much more substantial and I didn't have to fool around with sealant. Be sure to follow torque sequencing, etc.
I would not buy this water pump again.
Verified Buyer -
Water pump is fine. The cardboard gasket is junk and I purchased a felpro gasket with a silicone bead. Also the mounting bolts are incorrect. They were 6mm by 1.0, however the threads were the full length which is not OEM. 1/8" at end of the OEM bolts are smaller diameter and therefore torque properly. The bolts supplied with this water pump would not torque properly.
I would buy this again
Verified Buyer -
Works well
Great product
Verified Buyer -
08 Malibu 3.6 This pump can be done from the top with a few things moved out of the way. The oem gasket is steel with gasket material around it. This water pump comes with a paper gasket that rolls up when they put it in the box. You'll need a light coating of sealer to hold it in place when installing on the engine. New bolts are included. Job should take about an 90 minutes with minimal swearing.
Pump is good. Bolts and Gasket are TERRIBLE
Verified Buyer -
The water pump is fine so far. But the bolts and the gasket are terrible. The gasket is felt/paper and tears very easily. The bolts are softer than butter. I sheared a head off at about 40 ft lbs when the spec for the water pump should be 90 ft lbs. Made for a much longer/expensive project to have to extract the bolt out of the engine block. Use a better gasket and better bolts and you are good.