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Old 10-05-2007, 05:39 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I dunno, depending on you, but I would get a new or reman pump and replace it. I've rebuilt the pump on my LandCruiser. A bit messy and a fair amount of little parts. For my Corolla I just replaced the pump. I wouldn't replace just one seal. If you're going through the trouble of taking it apart, do the whole thing. Stop leak is a bandaid. They usually work by making your old crusty leaky seals swell. When it stops working, you'll leak even worse.
a rebuilt pump is like $175.00 at the cheapest, the kit was about $10.00, if I remember right..
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