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How long can you reasonably expect your stock water pump to last?
What is the longest someone here has seen one live?
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mine went at 208000kms in a 95 V6
stock 95 LX,6cyl ATX
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My went out at 60990 miles. The new one after that went out at 65000 miles. Make sure when you replace it to use the steel impeller, not the plastic one.
1995 Contour SE
Fully loaded/Leather
2.5L V6
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The usual rule is anything over 60K mi. is borrowed time, but YMMV of course.
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52,000 Miles on WaterPump
64,000 Miles on Engine
Silver 98 SVT Contour E0 #4124 (Currently on Life Support) Built 11/97 Bought 1/98 Eibach Pro Kit \ Koni \ Niche Pultec 17"x7.5 \ Yokohama Parada 215/17/40 \ Shaved Wheel wells / Brembo-KVR Cross Drilled Rotors / KVR Carbon Fibre Brake Pads / Aeroquip SS Brake Lines \ 21mm Rear Progress Tech. (Powder Coated Black) \ Superchips Auto Meter Pro Shift Light \ Extrude Honed \ Stripped Resonater Street Scene Free Flow Exhaust \ Injen Technology Prototype CAI \ Weapon R filter \ Hose Techniques Red Kit \ Folia Tec Red Caliper Paint \ MOMO (shift knob, pedals, seat belt pads) \ Clarion, Sounstream, Kicker \ Optima Red Top Battery \ SVT Emblem Mods Jet Hot Coatings (25-30% Cooler) on Upper Intake Manifold, Sho Shop Y-Pipe, Cat, and CAI "Come Out...Come Out Where Ever You Are" http://www.geocities.com/speeddemons19
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This thread lists most of the wp failures experienced by members:
http://www.contour.org/forums/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=001707;p=1
98 Mystique LS v6 atx 110,000km
97 Contour LX v6 atx 125,000km
stock CD on LS, cass on LX
spoiler, tinted windows on LS only
4 wheel discs on LX only
All other available options on both
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165000km and still going. A better question would be mtx vs atx faliures!
1998 SE ATX Dual exhaust Body conversion Nakamichi CD-40z HU Sound by Crystal Mobile Powered by a/d/s M860 AMP My Ride
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stock 95 LX,6cyl ATX
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