How Do You Replace The Water Pump In A Jeep Grand Cherokee?
The water pump is the heart of the Jeep Grand Cherokee’s cooling system, circulating the coolant. A faulty water pump can cause some serious damage to the engine of your Jeep Grand Cherokee. To prolong the life of your vehicle’s engine, make sure to change out a bad water pump. Place a drain pan underneath the radiator. When the engine is cool, drain the cooling system from the radiator into the pan. The drain is located n the passenger side lower corner of the radiator. Take off the intake and the auxiliary electric cooling fan. This will give you more room in the engine to remove and replace the pump. Loosen and remove the bolts on all sides of the power steering pump, which are attached to the serpentine belt. Remove the serpentine belt from the engine. Remove the bolts that attach the power steering pump to the mounting bracket and the bolt from the mounting bracket to the engine and remove the bracket and power steering pump. Remove the thermostat housing from the pump and pull ou