Originally Posted by
PMK
Simple follow up. Brand new oem water pump / thermostat assembly arrived today.
Installed the waterpump onto the engine. Hoses connected. Serviced the coolant with the same batch I recently mixed for the drain, flush, refill a short while ago.
Fired up, ran a bit, idling. No leaks or concerns. Coolant level was at the cold mark after idling for about 15 minutes. Temp never hit the second large bar on the temp gage. Fans never even kicked on. Let everything cool, serviced coolant a bit more, idle and ran again, no heat issues, and again, never got so warm as to kick the fans on.
So back to normal.