How To Replace a Water Pump on a Toyota 4runner V6 3VZE 1988-1995

Installing a water pump on a V6 3VZE Toyota isn't very hard but it is under the timing belt and can be intimidating if you have never done it. You can follow this video for a timing belt kit install also but I literally only replace the water pump in this repair. My second generation 4 runner blew a heater hose and had a fairly bad over heating incident. Luckily the the Heads and head Gaskets survived and the only damage was a bad coolant leak. In hindsight I wish I would have replaced the water pump gasket, reusing the old water pumps and bought a new timing belt idler pully instead of a new water pump. The repair was fun and enjoyable to do and I would recommend it to all the DIY mechanics out there.

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